Show MAN CONFESSES IT GIRL VICTIM If Story Stry of Holdup of Santaquin Santaquin Santa- Santa quin qui Postoffice Proves Fabrication Officers Declare Declare De De- clare dare on Investigation on P. P O. O INSPECTORS TO PROBE TALE Prisoner Will Be Brought to Salt Lake Together With Girl for Questioning Question Question- ing b by Officers PROVO April 27 The Th The lurid I story of ot the holdup of or a girl and the the robbery of or the at Santaquin Santa- Santa I quin the night of ot April 10 10 at which time It was stated that that had been stolen has lana proved to be a concoction concoction con con- fabricated by the victim and the tho robber accord according Ins Ins- to to sherIffs sher sheriffs sheriff's sheriffs sheriff's sher sher- iffs iff's officers As a result Robert La Rue flue 24 ot of Chicago who came to Santaquin five months ag ago and who married 1 Mrinda Peterson place Is Isnow isnow no now under arrest charged h ged with the robbery La Rue Is said to have confessed today for examination by postal in In- In He will be by Laura Hudson 18 the alleged victim vic vie Urn tim of ot the robbery La Rue Is said t confessed He Is reported to have havo told the of officers officers or- or that he entered the flee tice at 6 45 on the evening of April 10 and asked for a cent 2 stamp He HeIs Is then said to have crawled through the registered mail mall wick wicket t tand and to have Joined Miss 1 Hudson behind behind be behind be- be hind the counter Both oth according to La a Rue bantered each other SUGGESTED HOLDUP flew 40 La ui re r n ite or Miss Hudson realized It it was was extremely Th The girl irI according to La Rue wa waS waft afraid to go home owing to the lateness of th the hour La Rue Is re reported reported reported re- re ported to have conf confessed that Tie he then suggested that a holdup be staged stas-ed and Miss 1 Hudson according according- to him became a a. willing victim La Rue Is said to have stated that he wished to make It as realistic as possible so he ho he v bound the girls girl's hands tied a towel arond her throat and placed a gag In her mouth and then threw a mail mall pouch over h her r head La Rue according to the officers said that ho he wished to take the whole blame and exonerate exonerate exonerate ate tho girl TELLS ROBBERY STORY Miss Hudson daughter of the postmaster the morning following the robbery Is reported to have recited a story of ot having been bound bound and gagged and to have laid on the tho postoffice floor for six hours She is said to have hae stated at that time that the postoffice was was was' entered by two bandits that on one of t them point pointed d a gun at her and commanded commanded com corn her to throw up her hands and that he then bound her In a similar manner to that confessed by La Rue At 1 a. a m. m April 11 the girl stumbled into her fathers father's home and reported the robbery to him It was said According to her story she extricated herself from her bonds Whether the girl will be held In custody will be determined when she is questioned with La Rue b by I postal authorities in Shit Lake The rhe money which La Rue Is said sald I to have obtained was deposited by him in a b bank n at Pays Payson n. n |