Show i Life of Crime Laid to toi toPie Pie Theft Sentence 0 Tom Torn Johnson Confessed Wholesale Slayer Says Re- Re ReI Resentment Re Resentment I Against Society Dates From Tim Time Got Year In Montana Prison for Stealing to Satisfy Hunger I II I MI MINNEAPOLIS lA Aug Aug lS-Dy lS lo isy The ine Press Press-A I decision to get it over with II and spend his re remaining I da days s 's peacefully I in ill prison was the only wish today of Tom Johnson Johnson old SiO year bad mail inari III who recalls some sonic 1700 robber lobber robberies jog ics burglaries an and a number pf of murders Johnson who yesterday listed the criminal acts acl of ot his life lire as near as 8 he said ald lie was able to remember wishes to plead guilty to some charge That his desire will be bo grant grant- granted granted crant-cd crant ed was Indicated by county all an- au authorities Indicted yesterday esterday on a or of first Iut degree murder Johnson may mey be b itt tho Iho states state's prison bo- bo borore be fore bo-fore fore rore night fall lall Ills Ills- was tact Bet for lor today The p penalty nalty for first degree murder In bUn bUn- Min Minnesota I li iq life Imprisonment nY fly Cr The indictment charges him nith Ith slaying Leonard Erdall 1 a Minneapolis attorney shot to death during a II hold up oL J December Johnson troubled o of conscience surrendered to au- au authorities authorities au authorities at Seattle and was re- re returned re returned turned here His record of crimes which he he committed includes Jobs Joba In H 44 11 cities from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York to San Francisco and from Irom Canada to Texas durIng th the last 20 years year eau Omaha with 30 leads leatIs the list Others Included New v York San Francisco Los Angeles Angele 17 Gal J 35 5 City Iowa 40 ani an Butte Mont 20 He lie did not go so Into detail of the the 1710 Jobs he listed merely giving the tho number of ot crimes that ho he could remember In each city OP OF PIE Numerous train ups hold-ups were recorded an and one ono item said Havre Mont one on pie and 11 year In Deer Deer Lodge Mont Then Theft of a pie and Its consequences were responsible for tor his outlaw career be said When a youth he stole stoic tole a pie pic because ho he was wa hungry Told that I It t L a ea A ra 4 T II et TOIl TOU JOH SOX he ho would net get only a short hort term If ho he pleaded guilt guilty Johnson said he followed follow the advice but was sentenced to a year In the tho Deer Lodge penitentiary pel There ho was punished severely for In- In Infractions infractions In Infractions fractions of the rules and that he never forgot He lie decided to get cot even with I I society because of Jils is suffering I in III that prison and the fh crime ca- ca career ca career reer eer followed |