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Show HERMAN CONN MAKES CONFESSION First of All He Declares that He Is San Francisco's "Gentleman Burglar" San Francisco, March 10 Herman Conn, nllas Prank Dale, th0 burglar wounded nnd captured In GoldenGato park last Saturday after n running light. In which an Innocent spectntor was mortally wounded, confessed in the city and county hospital today that In tho role of "gentleman bur glar," h0 hnd committed more than SO robberies In Chicago nnd various cities of the Pacific coast. Police then searched Conn's room In ono of tho principal down town hotels and recovered Jewelry and other loot valued val-ued at J")0,U00. Conn had registered three times lately at this hotel, tho last time on Jan. Ss, when ho signed tho name "O. 1). Conn, Kansas City." lie maintained quarters at other hotels, however, nnd tho police tonight are conducting a Bcurch for moro plunder. plun-der. According to Conn's confession ho committed threo robberies in PaW dent, Cal., between six and ten in i os Angeles, CO In San Francisco, four In San Jose, Cal., 1G n Chicago and from slv to ten In Oakland and I Jerk-ley, Jerk-ley, tho suburban towns across tho bay from this city. Tho pollco tonight through letters rrom his mother found In Conn's effects, ef-fects, definitely established his right name as Owen u. Conn. According to his confession Conn has Btolen nearly $100,000 worth of property in tho last two years. Numerous Nu-merous pawn tickets were found In his suit case. Conn had all of the stolen goods of which he had not yet disposed arranged ar-ranged neatly In cases, classified as a Jeweler might havo classified them. Conn camo from Chicago where his mother and sister live and up to two years ago, he says ho worked as a bookkeeper. Ho declares that ho had been tempted to steal first by tho wifo of a Chicago clergyman. Ho ro-fused ro-fused to do tho work she had outlined out-lined for him, and she engaged a young fellow to commit tho robberies nnd then rnn away with him for the west, according to his story. It wns this, Conn says, that had Influenced In-fluenced him to becomo a burglar. Conn Is 38 years of age. |
