Show I CONVICT DENIES HIS CONFESSION Says He Hc Is Serving Term for Crime He Did Not Commit STERLING Colo June dune 21 21 By The Associated Press Press Press-LIn- Lin- Lin Linwell well C. C Boswell confessed slayer of ot J. J F. F Laster former chief of or de dew detectives of ot Joplin Mo 10 Li L' serving serving a a. life sentence In the Kansas state penitentiary for a a. crime he now says san he did not commit This fact Cad was learned here today toda when Ster Ster- Sterling Sterling ling police at the request of o Joplin authorities checked up the state state- statements statements statements ments of Boswell who is seeking his freedom Laster Luter was as killed In Kansas Just over the Missouri Kansas Kansas Kansas- lino IIno on August 26 1926 16 Boswell later I sentenced to pris prison on In Missouri for another crime confessed thee thes laying layng and later lator transferred to Kansas where he received a a. life lICe sentence ac ac- ac to reports from Crom the Jop Jop- Joplin lin police A few Cew days das ago ao he I changed his story and denied com com- complicity complicity In the killing declaring he he was in Sterling at the time of ot the crime CHECK C ECK OX 0 RECORDS It was to check this angle of ot his story that Joplin authorities today today- toda communicated with Sterling po pow lice A check here that Boswell was an employee of ot a a. local washing machine company from Crom July 2 to September 16 1926 1326 This fact is further substantiated by records of ot the city power company com pan from Its meter records as well as asby asby asby by records of ot the water company com pan The washing machine company also has a sales contract dated by Boswell the day of ot Lasters Laster's death left Sterling under mys mys- mysterious mysterious circumstances and no trace has h s ever been had of ot him until receipt of ot the communication from the Joplin authorities DENIED IT ONCE JOPLIN Mo June 21 By B By ByThe The Associated Press Press Linw ell Boswell Doswell who is reported to have repudiated his confession that he was one of ot the slayers of ot Jesse F F. Laster La-ISter former Cormer Joplin chief of ot de des denied to Kansas authorities authorities Authorities ties tho the day ho he was given a A. life lICe sentence In district court at Co Co- Columbus Columbus lumbus Kansas I that ho he was In Sterling Colo the tho day Laster was murdered County Attorney Leo Armstrong who had charge of ot the case said today toda Armstrong ex ex- expressed expressed expressed pressed surprise that Boswell had changed his story ston but did not announce an An- announce Announce what steps slaps he would take tak awaiting Information from Crom Sterling and the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing |