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Show CONFESS! IDE BY IN 10 HELD ;i HP liM Salt Lake, April 8. Postofflce Inspector In-spector M. M. Warren of the local postoffice believes that in the arrest and confession of Walter Dalley, 21 years of age, at Laramie,, Wyo., yesterday, yes-terday, tho department has captured one of the men who held up and robbed rob-bed train No. 1 on the Oregon Short Line March 25, near iCoy, Utah. Dalley, who Bays his home is In Salt Lake, made full confession to Chief of Police Davidson of Laramie, and said that he was one of the trio and that he was troubled In mind and wanted to unburden himself. Dalley said that the man who went through the car was Charles Sturges, football player from Boston, and that the third man In tho party was Harry Young, amateur prize fighter, who spends part of his time in Salt Lake and the balance bal-ance on the coast On the night of the robbery, Dalley said, the three men bought overalls at Uncle Sam's pawnshop on First South street and pulled these over their street clothes after leaving the electric elec-tric train at Roy and before they held up the train. They left Salt Lake, he said, going first to Clearfield and later to Roy. Sturges was the leader of the gang, he said, and It was he who directed the movements of the men and went through the car. Stood as Guard. Dalley says he was stationed about half a mile from where the train stop- pod, to give the others warning In case of danger of apprehension. He was provided, he said, with a whistle which could be heard by men working on the train Young, he said, guarded the engineer engi-neer and fireman, while Sturges secured se-cured the money and put it in a black handbag which he carried all the time the three were together. This part cf Dalley's confession does not agree with the published facts, but he say3 ho was a half-mile away from the train. After robbing the train thev circulated circu-lated about, going back to Clearfield and taking an electric car to Salt Lake, according to Dalley. Thoy spent a day or two here, he said, then went to Pocatello, Idaho Dalley, however, did not go to that city, but dropped off at McCammon Junction, ho said From time to time Sturges provided him with sums of money and paid his railroad fare and food bills, he declared. declar-ed. From Pocatello the three went to Denver, Dalley said, where they secured se-cured different rooms. They would remain together during the day, he said, go to the moving pictures and shows together and later return to their respective rooms. Sturges and Young told Dalley Saturday Sat-urday night that they would meet him at 9 o'clock Sunday morning at a certain place, but they failed to appear, ap-pear, he said, and he was later told that they had gone to Los Angeles. Before they left him Saturday night they pave him $3 he said, and when this was gone he started west, beating beat-ing his way from point to point on railroad trains. Dalley seemed perfectly willing to talk. He said his mother is dead and the last time he heard from his father fa-ther he was in Oregon. He was still wearing the overalls which, he said, were purchased by Sturges at Salt Lake. M. M. Warren, postofflce inspector, who has been working on tho caso, said last night that the investigations made by his office since the time of the robbery checked almost in detail with the confession of Dalley Find Trail of Two. " Tracks followed the day following the holdup show that two men had climbed the bank at the side of the railroad tracks, although only ono was seen by the train crew. Tracks also were traced from a point on the railroad about half a mile from tho holdup, and these circled eastward and later entered the road leading to Clearfield. It is thought that here the two ftfen mot Dalley. Postoffice Inspector C. M. Chrlston-sen Chrlston-sen will leave early today for Laramie Lara-mie to question the lad. Police records rec-ords here show that a man who gave his name as Wnlter Bailey, and age as 21, had beeu arrested for burglary in Salt Lake In May, last year. No Police Record. There Is said to be an amateur pugilist on the coast named Harry Young He has also appeared here upon several occasions, It Is said, but he has no record with the Salt Lake police. Tho report that the three men purchased pur-chased overalls at the "Uncle Sam" pawnshop on East First South street Is believed to be wrong, The 6hop is owned by II. L. While. At one time he operated a clothing store directly di-rectly west of tho pawnshop, but sold out to another man. Ovoralls are sold dally to various people by all of the small shops In the localltj', and there are no definite records kept of tho smaller sales rin |