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Show GOES TO PRISON; REFUSED ENTRY Convicted Mail Robber of Texas Appears at Leavenworth LEAVENTVORTH. Kan, Oct 13 Ben Luna of Dallas. Tex., walked into tho office of W. I. Diddle, warden war-den of tho United States penitentiary peniten-tiary Thursday afternoon and announced an-nounced that lie was ready to begin be-gin nerving a 25-year sentenco on B oondctlon of belnjr a party In the robbery of a branch of tho Pallas postofflc about two years ago. In the holdup, a postofflqe clerk was fatally wounded. ( :n (St six bandit wiio participated in tho robbery rob-bery was killed when the $ar in which the bandits were fleeing turned over near Fort Worth shortly after tho robbery. I-una was later apprehended' md convicted In federal court for his part In the robbery. His ease was appealed to the supreme court, where the judgment was confirmed. At liberty under heavy bond, he chose to come to Leavenworth unaccompanied unaccom-panied and surrender himself HeoftUKe he had no commitment papers. I. una was denied admission to the penitentiary' and he Ifl staying in a local hotel until the papers nrrl e from Texas. Luna is about 45 years old. |