Show OO MAiL ROBBER OBBE PLEADS GUILTY GIVEN fiFTEEN YEARS YEARS- D DES ES MOINES 1 Si la Ta Dee Dec 3 Keith Keith Collins one of the princiPals princiPals' principals in the Burlington Burington mail car robbery at Council Counci Bluffs today pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Martin J. J Wade in th the federal district ct court here to a charge of stealing and opening g government government- mail nail sacks and was sentenced to fifteen en ye years rs in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth Kansas Collins had been indicted on six counts of these charged him with stealing government mail sacks and the other count charged him with opening opening open open- ing them He pleaded guilty to all aU counts NOT MASTER MIND Federal authorities at t first Collins with being th the the- master mind mindin in the robbery However However when hen he ys W was B arraigned d today Cable Coble Omha Om- Om lia ha a a p postal stal Inspector informed the th ca rt K ivas ith-ivas n nOt l the master mind mindIn In the case lIe He lie was dr dragged Int Hit il ilby t by Fred red after two weeks of t argument Collins Iw s apprehended nd bY b by fe federal ral affi s at t Westville Okla OkIa fifteen days dars after tt r. r tl th th robbery following a h hunt nt which had extended over aver a dazen cozen wid wid- Western states During this time CallIns Collins Collins Col Cal lins had visited with relatives at Columbus Co Ca- Co- Co lumbus Neb Neb and and had stopped at many points en route joule to Oklahoma i t Ii H He posed as an army captain who pad had ad been recently but war warr r records cords showed him to be a a mechanic who saw s service at an an army aviation camp in the South Collins Collins' share of af the loot consisted of ot in currency Coble Cable told the Ule court When he was taken into custody custody cus cus- tody tady of af this sum was recovered THROW AWAY Government bonds worth warth approximately approximately which had been stolen stalen by the r robbers were placed in a suitcase suitcase suitcase suit suit- case and dropped into the Missouri river near Council Cauncil Bluffs Cable Coble said Collins Callins had informed him The bandits bandits ban ban- did this to av avoid id d detection Cable Coble stated In pronouncing sentence upon Callins Cal Cal- lins Judge Wade stated the crime Iri In which Collins Collins' had participated had attract attracted d worldwide attention and a sentence must be given which will fit 1 the crime I Collins received the sentence calmly I and with no outward sign of ot emotion I He was taken from fram the court by Coble Cable I Collins is the first one ane of the gang of af eleven who are alleged to have participated par par- in the robbery to plead gull guil ty After he had been sentenced fedial fed- fed i ral mi officials said Collins had agreed to return to to- Council Council- Bluffs to testify against other members of the he g gang ng I |