Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-02-10 | Page 1 | Confession of Car Robberies

CONFESSION OF M CAR ROBBERIES ' Council Bluffs, la., Feb. 10. John i H Pruett, under arrest with George jH Pabst and EJmcr Custin, confessed to- i fM day to a long list of car robberies, j implicating the other men and finally, H accordin gto County Attorney Capell, ' telling of the theft from tho depot I M platform here last "Wednesday night of I a mail pouch containing a large amount of valuable mail, Including many registered letters and pack- ages. He declared that checks and M drafts amounting to $65,000 were IH burned as tho robbers dared not try I H to uso them. i M The disappearance of the mall sack 1 1 jJ had boon a mystery to tho postal au- IH Ihorities until an unguarded remark . M by Pruett's young wife, who with her H young baby was hold at the jail, gave ' M a clew which led to the revelation br, H her husband. ; IH