OCR Text |
Show ;: HOLDUP ADMITS WRECKING TRAIN Declares His Accomplices Were Railroad Men Employed Em-ployed in Detroit. i" Detroit, Mich., Oct 7. James Med- skar, also -known as James Alexander, who was brought here from St Louis last night, has confessed, police de- ' clare, that ho was one of three men who held up the New York-Chicago Express on the Michigan Central rail-road rail-road near Detroit in September. The prisoner will bo turned over to fed- i oral officials. ,: I Medskar, It was said, gave the po-j po-j lice the names of two accomplices, who are being sought. ' In his confession, Medskar declared i : his accomplices were railroad men, and that he recently was employed as a switchman In Detroit. When they S slopped the train, Medskar, according C to his story, uncoupled the engine l while his accomplices look two pack- , ages of registered mall. While in the ? mail car, "O'Nell" loBt his pistol, h Medskar declared. The robbers, looting loot-ing the mail In the woods nearby, ob-; ob-; ; taincd about $800. Thoy then returned : i to Detroit |