Show RAILWAY IL WAY BA BANDIT OIT cot CONFESSES ft St CRIME Redding Cal CIl May Mo 9 O Mrs rI Thomas of ot DunsmUir mado a n state statement mont ment In Dozier In Redding today regarding thin the connection of ot George hates dates 1 tes and E I 1 Vernon Gates brothers whoso parents live In III da tin with the holdup of ot thu tho Oregon press preSA at nt Copley on Oil March 31 last II t sue Mir story In brief Is that tIme the Gates brothers going under the time names of ot Druco Van Drake and Ind Ed Ell at ot her lodging house at lit Dunsmuir for tor several weeks preceding the tho crime that they went south on the very train that was held heiti up when the thi th l stop atop sons macic nt at Copley that they re returned r returned turned to their ther rooms on tho tIme Saturday succeeding tho the holdup which was on Thursday that they thoy lift Itt on n tho time follow tollow followIng Ing Monday Mond Y and that she hns line re rl received letters from George Gates whom whon she phe knew as Bruce Van Villi Drake ruke In iii which ho lie had confessed the time crime The Tho letters of ot which she ho hal hail received three were turned over to tho time authorities ties All A 11 letters lei were ore tram front George Gates Oates Tho The last letter lottor wits was dropped by b bhim him In Portland on tho the night nl ht of ot April 28 21 but was dated tinted May 1 I and In It Oaten Gates G tes claimed cl to be bo In Sn San 8 n Francisco co Intend Intending ing lag to sail tho the next day tiny for tor Australia The Tho officers established time the bandits Identity through ci n laundry mm It The fhe mark amark was on a n piece of ot handkerchief fund In the tho hill cabin cobin near Coswick and atud torn from the thi handkerchief hAndl cr chief that form d one of ot the masks III 11 and found at lIt the scone scene of ot time the crime Through tho the Redding nodding steam laundry and Its ilK gent agent tho the mark anomIe was found lo to bo be that of o George Gates OAtes at tot Mrs lodging house In inDo Do a r The Tho detectives later Intercepted t 1 all at of hates letters to Mrs Irs White Whiteman Whiteman man mono addressed ns lilt Miss Agnes Agile Drown and thi n for Cor fear tl r that th t she might know Imo more moro than they thoy the had found out omit made her Ilor come to slAtty Dozier Dozler hero anti and make mao a n complete confession Through Intercepting the letters letter tho the had their hands hards pJ lIy on George Gates Oates several so ral times but he managed to tl ip III through their fingers lingers each time lIe He Is now believed to be he around Port lort Portland Portland land Vernon dates the younger brother Is III it said Bahl to have been in Alameda day clay before yesterday unit and Arnott Arnett Is la In hid hiding ing In tIme the FAIls Fulls Time The 1111 whereabouts of lit tho the fourth moan man is 18 or his Identity unknown Mm II was W S on arm tho tIme carpet carpel nearly all LII morning nail and the tho only emily star slam startling feature of ot her liar confession was that tIme the Unto dates brothers left Dunsmuir on time the train that was ivits robbed at It Cop Cot Copley Copley ley icy when the tM Oregon stopped there for tor water They must inmost h Jumped ort oft Joined Armett and ald tho time fourth omit man donned donnell their IT a asks ammo and proceeded to In hold up UI the tho train and kill 1 11 Messenger ONeill |