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Show ROBBER TIRED OF OODGiljfOFFICERS It Impelled by a stricken conscience, If and with the belief that his arrest would ultimately follow. James Slm- II one, a Russian Jew of New York City m walkod into the police station yester- m day and calmly Informed the desk L sergeant that he was wanted In that K city for nearly a score of burglaries I and robberies committed last winter I He asked that he bo locked up and I that the New York polico be notified W ' A longing to see once again the I bright lights of Harlem, and to me- I ander through the "Groat White w Way," Ib believed to have had some- k thing to do with tho startling con- VK fesslon, as Simons spoke like a man H thoroughly homesick and wishing to if return to his old haunts even though ; he did so with the knowledge that ho ' would have to serve time In prison. JM At first his confession was regard- f ed askance by tho local police, but when he went into details, giving 1 the street numbers of the houses ho had robbed, the sincerity of his Btory became apparent, Simons saj-s that 4 his series of robberies netted him I Fomething like ?1,300 In diamonds, I Jewelry and other valuables After collecting all of his loot together, he saya he went to Llvorpool, Bng- '" land, where he disposed of It Later :. he returned to the United 8tates and .' has been roaming through" tho wost j ' for the past few months, until his H funds ran low, and a longing de- ! sire to see his old friends, caused him to decide to make a clean breast W of his crimes. ' Detective Lelght of the. Now York polico department now In Salt Lake on business, was notified, and came to Ogden yesterday afternoon. Ho ? called at the police station and took down "Simons' statement He will h communlcato With the New York po- f lice today and loam If tho confos- 1 slon la authentic. Simons says that " ho has a brother-in-law In tho Now n York city polico department. |