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Show BANDIT LEADER CONFESSES CRIME KANSAS CITY. Oct. 17. Prank Lewis, alleged leader of the bandit gang that held up and robbed a Missouri, Kan safe & Texas train near Koch. Kan., July 10, made written confession to the crime, naming Ids associates in the robbery, according ac-cording to an announcement today by Fred Robertson. United States district attorney at-torney for Kansas. The confession was given" two weeks ago in Denver. Lewis died last night in the jail at Topeka, where he was being held awaiting trial. Lewis says in the confession made public pub-lic that be had received information the express car contained $2o0,000. but that they obtained practically nothing. |