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Show YOUTH DENIES OTHER CRIMES Roy Donnell, Confessed Slayer, Brands Brighton's Statements False SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., Fob. 21 Roy E. Donnell, confessed slayer of C A Faus, denied emphatically last nlnhf that he had o er been implicated In any other crimes excepting the Fan-murder Fan-murder lie branded the statement of G. L Brighton as absolutely raise thai he had been mixed up in other crimes and said that while he knew Brighton Brighton had talked of nothing bu' crime. Donnell denied any knowledge of the three holdups that shot C. A Nlckcrson a week or so before the Faus murder He also denied knowinsr anything about "t hick' Wcntherbec belnp Implicated, Talking about Briphton he said , "It's not Brighton's faull I wasnl pulling all kinds of JobP. Holdups w re about all he talked about when h- met me He wanted me to go with him. but he never told me what particular plan he had. except the tailor shop, and I don't think he robbed that. I 1 wouldn't ko with him anyway Brighton Brigh-ton knew I was broke, up against if, land hungry. He would civo mo n little money now and then and kepi press ling me to do holdup Jobs I s-t.illed jhlm off as lone as I could, thinking I could get a Ih He money from him ! wnon 1 neeaea 11 "Finally ho put up this Faus robbery and I was up against It and did as he told me to. If the Salt Lake officers want to know who else was In with Brighton they should find out who ho borrowed that .38 caliber revolver from that lie gae mo. It wasn't bis, although he might have owned it once. I know he sold a 38 one. but I didn't know who to. When the Faus robbery-was robbery-was ready he told me he would get me a gun and he came back with the .38. so I know he didn t own it I don I know any jobs Brighton pulled, be cause he never told me. but he was always talking about how he would like to stick somebody up. and he always al-ways had plenty of money. "I have told everything there Is to tell about the Faus shooting God knows I didn't mean to kill him, and that my thumb slipped." Sheriff ( !. Frank Emery plans to take Donnell to Salt Lake tomorrow MOTHER AN INVALID. SHERIDAN, Wyo., Feb 27 Grace Donnell. mother of Roy E. Donnell. lives here with her mother, who is an invalid The family has no property here The father lives at Billings Mont , the couple being divorced. A sister, who is married to a wealthy rancher, haa not been heard from for some time and her present residence Is unknown. Roy Donnell wa.c born at Coalville, Mont . nnd will be 18 years of ace June 11, next Mrs Donnell has not yet been apprised of her son'-; predlca ment. |