Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-02-28 | Page 2 | Government Fears Confession Fixed

GOVERNMENT FEARS CONfESSION fiXED FID BOISE BOrnE F Feb b. b 28 The The federal court here her was all given n a JIt a sensation yesterday when Charles Lester L a a. confessed safebreaker safebreaker safe safe- breaker under sentence to serve servo four years ears In two federal prisons at Fort Leavenworth for robbing the safe In Inthe inthe the p postoffice at Kimberly Idaho took the witness stand tand In the Picabo rice flee robbery case CUfO and end t testified that he not Tom Torn Burke Fred Murray and Harry y Burton the defendants on trial com com- the robbery Lesters Lester's confession brought conru contusion confusion lon lonto to the government prosecutors prosecutor Two To de defendants defendants de de- t nu on trial have b been n kept Inthe in inthe inthe the same earns c cell with Lester and his brother both of hom whom have ha confessed It to the 1 robbery and nd It Is 18 strongly In Intimated Intimated intimated In- In that th the second confession of Lester was fixed Every effort Is beIng beIng being be be- ing made by the government o to prove th the charge