Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-18 | Page 7 | Confessed Guilt to Shield Sweetheart

CONFESSES GUILT TO SHIELD SWEETHEART Young PoBtoffice Robber Admits Many Crimes to Save the Woman He Loves. COLUMBFF, O.. Nov. 17. To shield his sweetheart from a charge of having burglars' tools in her possession. Lee Ivester. 2i years of ag, of Parkersburg. W. Va, has made a confetslon to L'nited States District Attorney Stuart R. Bolfn, In which he admitted complicity In as many aj nine postoffice robberies in Ohio and West "Virginia. This was announced today at the district attorney's office. Lester and William Bobinson were captured cap-tured by Columbus police and railroad and poatoffice inspectors a week ago and a search of the apartments of Miss Edna Hindershot, 2i, In North High street, disclosed dis-closed a full kit of burglar tools, a quantity quan-tity of nitroglycerin, fuses and other explosives. ex-plosives. "I don't care about myself, but the girl Is absolutely innocent," Lester Is reported re-ported to have said in making his confession. con-fession. ' The total loot obtained by Lester was paid to be in stamps and ?3S0 in currency.