Show CO CONFESSES IN IH ORDER TO A AID ID HIS confederate john J mccune who together with george adamson was convicted co in the district court on wednesday on a charge of robbery for holding up and robbing george stewart thursday confessed to the officers in ill an effort to free adamson from blame mccunis Mc Cunos Cunes story was to the effect that another man had aided him in III the commission of the crime and that lie did not meet adamson until afterward atter ter ward they were drinking together at tile the time of their arrest me cune said that after the jury had convicted adamson with himself he w was Is unable to sleep because an innocent man lad been made to suffer for a crime lie he had nothing to tio do with and gave this as his reason for confessing the crime the officers do not believe the fellows story but will investigate it thoroughly between now and the timo time tor for passing sentence mccune says he expects to get about fifteen years but that he does not harbor th the e ide idea a of living through it his health is poor at present he being a nervous wreck |