Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-06-23 | Page 1 | De Autremonts Confess Crime

DE BE CONFESS CRIME MEDFORD Ore June 23 23 By The Associated Press Press Press-na Ray and Roy noy De Do Autremont mont todaY entered a II plea of guilty and made a confession of the train holdup in which four tour men mer were killed in 1923 19 3 In court they reversed their plea of not guilty which had been entered earlier this week Tho The De ont Autremont twins were sentenced to t life Imprisonment When their plea ot of guilty was was made It was discovered ered that the judge would be compelled under the law to Inflict the death pen pen- ally alty Thereupon a a. Jury was has has- hastily hastily hastily tily the confession was read rend the jury retired and Im ins- Immediately Immediately mediately found a a. verdict of guilty guilt recommending life Ufa Ufe Hugh De Do Autremont the tho first Brother arrested was found guilty and sentenced on Tuesday to life Imprisonment lm prison men t. t In the tho confession the twins ac ac- accuse accuse ac- ac cuse cuss Hugh h of o doing the tho killing In Inthe Inthe inthe the holdup The three brothers were were- Jointly indicted for murder In connection with wilL the death of three trainmen who vho were ere shot and a mall mail clerk who vho was killed by an explosion that hat blew up a a. mall car In the time holdup of a a. Southern Pacific train In n the Siskiyou mountains in Oc- Oc October October tober 1923