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VOL. XXVIII NO. 65 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1927
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NO. 130 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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FRISCO - HAWAII
PLIGHT PERMIT
GIVEN BY DAVIS
Test of Fokker Plane by 2
Army Fliers Satisfies
Secretary of. War.
PRIZE MONEY BANNED
Special Runway Now Under
Construction Boys'
Aviation School
Is Planned.
(Associated rress Leased Wire)
WASHINGTON, . June 24 A
. . Sari.. Fruncisco lo Huwuli non-stop
night by the army air corps was
authorized today . by Secretary of
War Davis.
The 2,407-mile hop will ' be nt-
tempted by Lieutenants Lester J.
Maitland and Albert F. . Hegen
berger, now at San Diego, with the
3-riiotored Fokker; especially equip
ped for the trip. The time of de
parture has not yet been, selected,
but is expected to be some time In
Inly.
Secretary Davis sanctioned the
Hight alter a conference with As
sistant Secretary Davison, In
charge of the air corps activities,
who reported tlint final tests con
; ducted by the two pilots at' San
V Diego had been satisfactory.
Present, plans are that the flight
will start from the airport near
Oakland, where a special runway
is now being constructed. Major
General Patrick, chief of the army
air corps, is enroute to San Fran
cisco, where, upon his arrival next
. Sunday, he will make a final check
up of navigation tests being given
the plane:
After the tests are ' completed,
the monoplane will be ready for
the takeoff as soon as weather con
ditions permit. Secretary Davis
emphasized, however, that icare
would be taken to avoid any rush
in last minute preparations.
No Prize Money Wanted
The war department statement
said that while the army Is anxious
to make the hop to Honolulu, it is
not attempting the project solely
with the idea that an army plane
should be the first to make the
flight.
It was emphasized that the army
is not attempting to compete with
civilian airmen who will contest
for prizes offered for a iteans
Paclflc flight and that in no cir
cumstances would Lieutenants
;ilaltland and Hegenberger be per
mitted to accept any prize money.
H The city of San Francisco is
raising by popular subscription
the sum of $60,000 to be offered in
prizes for a flight between that city
and Hawaii. Several civilian avia
tors have declared their Intention
of competing, and one is already
on his wny to Hawaii to attempt
the flight. He is travelling by
Hteanier, whloh is also carrying his
airplane in crates.
Boy Air Force Planned
SALHM, Ore., June 24 Edwin
(Continued on page 4.)
CHAT WITH GROUP
The cle Autremont brothers pass
ed through Roseburg shortly be
fore midnight last night on their
way to the penitentiary, escorted
liy several olficers. As the train
pulled into the local station Hugh
ele Autremont raised the window
and jokfd with people on the plat
form. Several local people entered
the car and engaged the prisoners
In conversation, the brothers ap
parently being quite cheerful and
anxious to talk. They freely dis
missed the crime and the sentence
imposed upon them, but were chief
ly interested regarding news con
cerning acquaintances In this city,
all of the boys knowing several
people In or near Roseburg. Roy
de Autremont at one time kept
company with a former Roseburg
girl and In speaking of her and
asking tor news concerning her
he almost broke down, the only
show of emotion on the part of any
of the prisoners.
WEATHER STILL
UNFAVORABLE FOR
BYRD'S HOP-OFF
. (Associated Press Leaned Wire.) 4
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. l
V., June 24 Commander I
Richard E. Byrd said today
that it was improbable that
the America would take off
on Its trans-Atlantic flight
either today or tomorrow.
He' qualified his statement
by adding: "But one never
can tell about the weather,
and we will hop off as soon as
the weather observers say tho
word."
A squall lying across the
America's planned course Is
one of the causes for de-
laying the flight. ; .
S I'm not waiting for ideal
weather," Byrd said.
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SEEKING ROUTE
Third Tentative Line Being
Run From Drain to
Scottsburg.
MAY FINISH TUNNEL
Old Railroad Grade May B
Followed by Highway -'
- to Eliminate Bad. '
Grades.
Tho crew of men from the stato
highway department, who tor three
mouths have been surveying along
the road which leads from Drain
to Reedsport, ,, are now running
their lines over a third tentative
route,' and northern Douglas coun
ty people,; who lust yeur .formed
themselves Into a Buper-roatI dis
trict in order to bring this work
about, nre earnestly hoping that
early next year the state highway
commission and federal bureau cf
public roads, will start the im
provements necessary to make it.
a secondary highway. '.
The hopes of the people are
justified for not only does that
road serve one of the richest farm
ing districts in the state, but it
will be a connecting link between
two primary highways, the Pacific
highway which spans the inland
section of the state, and 'the
Roosevelt highway, which started
about six years ago, has, Unk by
link crept down Oregon's' 'coast
line until merging Into the Red
wood highway over the California
state line, it comptetep, with the
exception of a link from Reedsporl.
north, a scenic road hundreds of
miles long.
The road from Drain to Reeds-'
port has been In use for many
years, and only its widening to
make a standard roadway and im
proving as to easy grades will be
necessary. From Roedspoit to
Scottsburg. the government has al
ready completed the road, early
federal aid being secured because
the road was through tho national
forest. Last year a super-road dis
trict was formed and a special ten
mill tax was levied for a neriod of
three years, the understanding
with the state being that this
special, levy would provide funds
for the preliminary survey, and
afterwards help would be forth
coming from state and govern
ment. Some 21 years ago when tho
railroad started to build from
Drain to Scottsburg. about 20 miles
was graded for the tracks and a
number of bridges were built. At
Hancock mountain a tunnel. 'was
started to eliminate the prade
around the mountain. The tunnel
would be 1100 feet long and 175
feet of it was constructed before
the railroad was abandoned. One
of 'he three surveys made by the
engineers recently, traverses this
tnnnel. and if the hlehwav commis
sion chooses to follnw ihot route,
the tunnel will eliminate both the
grades over the mountain and the
idnneerous curves around It. - The
;findlne rtf the surveyors nre to he
reported o ihe commission by the
! suner-road district trustees soon,
land It probable that th commfs
jplon will make It's rholee of the
three routes and work will stnrt
next feason.
SURVEY
GREWS
FOR COAST ROAD
PIE
RKS
END OF SCHOOL
Many Entries Made in Com
petition for Valuable
Prizes.
JUDGING TASK HARD
Dainty Pastries to Be Auc
tioned Off for Benefit '
of Campfire Girls
and Scouts. ,
There are five persons in Rose
burg, who, If they have dreams to
night, will see nothing but cakes
and pies. These five are James
Hutchings, of the Model Bakery,
Mrs. George Bolter, H. B. Yount,
of the Grand Grill, George Smith
of Hotel -Rose and Jack Harding of
Hotel Umpqua, who judged the
cake and,pfe baking contest at the
News-Rovlew free electric cooking
school. .
All morning long, from the time
the doors of the Armory were
thrown open at 9 o'clock until noon
there was a constant stream of
housewives carrying the most'
tempting looking cakos and pies to
be. entered' in the contest,' in,
which many (valuable prizes werei
offered.- . ' j
It would be difficult1 to' Imagine I
a more varied display of cakes, j
There were cakes of all kinds, fronij
pretentious, many-layered, orna
mented cake to the little, chocol-1
ate covered plain cake. ' Spread
out on the long tables (he display
of culinary art was one which will
long be remembered by all present
at the school today. 1 . '
The judges were on hand prompt
ly at 1 o'clock to start the difficult
task of selecting the best cake and
the best pie. And' task it was, for
the selection of the best entries out
of that great showing might well
be one 'to daunt any person.
' Following tho cooking school
this afternoon the cakes and pies
were placed on sale at auction, the
proceeds to go to tho Camp . Fire
Girls and Boy Scouts to help them
In the purchase of equipment for
the kitchen at tho Wolf., Creek
summer camp. '
The cooking school name to a
close this afternoon with the larg
est number of women in attend
ance that marked any of the ses
sions. The school grew in popular
ity from day to day and it Is only
to be regretted that It could not
be continued for a longer time, for
the housewives found it to be ex
tremely beneficial and very enter
taining as well.
Particular attention was placed
today unon the orennratfon of moat
! dishes, a meat cutting demonstra
tion being a feature of the after
noon program. The demonstration
was made by Bob Boyer of the
North Side Meat . Market, who ex
plained the choice cuts of meat. (
COOKING EXPERT
Lcvnl industries received high
praise from Mrs. Clara Miller Sex
ton, who la conducting the Hose
burg News-Iinview cooking school,
during the course of her lecture
yesterday. Roseburg housewives
are very fortunate, she stated, In
being able to secure such products
as are turned out by the Douglas
County Flour Mills and tho Doug
las County Creamery'- In nil of her
demonstrations Min. Sexton has
used Umpqua Chief flour, furnish
ed through the courtesy of the
Douglas County Flour Mills. A. V.
Bashford, manager of the mills,
has given hearty rooperatlon In lh"
cooking school and has furnished
all of the flour used without cost.
Mrs. Sexton states that she has
found the local flour to be of ex
cellent quality arid In her lecture
commended it very highly to th"
housewives for all kinds of plain
or fancy baking. The products of
Ihe local creamery were also prais
ed for their high quality.
CAKE AND
CONTEST i
UMPQUA CHIEF
FLDUR PRAISED BY
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U.S. SPELLING i
CHAMP COUNTRY i
SCHOOL BOY, 13
WASHINGTON, June' 24.
Product of a small rural school,
13-year-old Dean Lucas of Con !
gress. Ohio, today has the title
of nation,-! spelling champion
nd a prize of $1,000., ;
'Lucas,, who Is in the elghthf
arade In his town of 150 popu-i
lation, last night "spelled down";
13 qirls and three boys to win
the championship, which is an
nually conducted by 17 leading
newspapers.
The word "abrogate" gained
him the victory, which Ralph
Keenan of Waukon, Iowa, age
13, failed to spell. Keenan took
second place and a $500 prize..
Minerva Ressler, 12 years old,
of Lancaster, Pa., took third
place with $250. ' " :
All the contestants had won
regional contests before their
participation In the national
lhampionship event. . .
STILL HOLD OUT
;
Instead of Quitting Mine
Barricade, They Issue J
Demands to Better
Conditions.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
LANSING, Kan., June 24. Exten
sive demands for better condition
at the stato penitentiary hero tq
day superseded the: convict ultirev'
turn no- cigarettes, no" coal that;
precipitated a mutiny Tuesday in
which 32S prisouera barricaded',
'themselves and. 14 captive guards
in the institution coal mine. '
The new ultimatum, telephoned
from the '720-foot level of the
mines to' the stato prison board
assombled here to investigate tho
fourth mutiny in three , .decades,
resulted lu a deadlock,' Although
the nvutineers had been in tho
mine more than sixty hours, they
remained defiant when advised to
surrender if thoy wished their de
mands given serious consideration.
The ultimatum specified:
'Speeding of consideration ot pa
rolH applications; second and third
term convicts to receive the same
consideration as first termers; re
moval of the warden from the pa
role hearings and elimination or
his recommendations; credit for
time in other institutions when
transferred; additional reductions
of sentences for good behavior;
more privileges for miners; belter
food; no punishment for strikers
and a written reply to. these de
mands. An unidentified spokesman for
the convicts laughed and gave evi
dence of being in high spirits af
ter the demands had been read to
C. S. Huffman of Topoka, vice
chairman of Ihe board.
"Wo would like to have you
boys come up, right now, If ' you
want to," Huffman told the spokes
man. 'You can get us up, if you want
to," the convict replied. Ho laugh
ed as he granted Hurfinnn's re
quest to talk to John Haslet, cap
tive mine pit boss. Haslet said
"he! was as well as could be ex
pected." Haslet did not mention food, al
though prison officials believed the
one menl sent down shortly bo
fore the convicts blocked the cage
at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning,
would have been exhausted .within
two days. So far as was. known
thirty bushels or oats intended for
the 17 mine mules was the only
possible source . of food In the
dungeon, darkened when the elec
tric lights were cut orr.
FOREST FIRE HAS THU8
FAR SWEPT 30,000 ACRES
nAKKItSFIKI.D, Calir.. June 21
Thirty thousand acres have been
burned over hy the great, blaze
raging 40 miles south of . Bakers
field toward the Tejon mountains,
according to estimates rocelved
! here today. Throughout the night
; more than. 200 men battled under
! the groat pall of smoke In a con
I Urination of their desperate effort
. to stop the Inferno before It gets
into the heart of the mountain tim
ber north of Mt. Antimony and
Gorman station.
SEARCH FOR LOST MEN
SAN DlUdO, Cal., June 24
Search for the body or Lieutenant
Commander William H. Hactor,
who Willi Aviation Chief Machln
j iiit Mate Charles Robbins, was
; drowned following the crash of a
. torpedo plane four miles off I.a-
guna beach last Tuesday , night
was being continued today by ses
I planes from the North Island naval
I air station.
STATE PRISON
RECEIVES THE
DEAUTREINTS
Capture, Not Their Brutal
Deed, Occasions Sole
Regret Voiced. :;
HUGH LOSES BRAVADO
Ray Favors Suicide But Is
Argued Out of It; Trio
Will Get Hard Work, :' .
Supt. Declares..
(Associated l'ress Leased Wire.) ,
SALEM, Ore., June 24. "We're
hack after 1 an absence of four
years' ' said Hay De Autremont as
he and his twin brother Roy and
their younger brother H,ugh got off
a southern I'acttic train at 5:20
o'clock this morning, each shackled
to an officer. They formerly lived
in Salem. A few . minutes', luter
thoy were being "dressed in" at
the stato penitentiary to sorve life
for one of the most atrocious
murders in the criminal annals of
the west, the Siskiyou tunnel train
holdup of 1923 In which they killed
tour trainmen. ,
As they left the train a news
paper photographer reoucsted ner-
inm.slon to take their pictures. ; "It
was granted by an officer.
"On, one condition," Interjected
Hay DeAutremont, "that you send
one to my wife."
. Ho gave the newspaperman the
address of his wife. Hazel DeAutre
mont. in Hanging nock, Ohio, a
girl whom ho married about a
year ago, and who until his arrost
did not know she was married to
a criminal. 1
' Tongues Waa Freolv.
Officers said the three boys were
lolly on the train last night, and
that apparently their only regret
was that they were captured. They
uuaeu a great aeal until after mid
night; and then .slept for two or
three hours.
"The boys talked freely about
the crime while on the train," said
Sheriff Jennings. "They reviewed
tho whole thing, nnswored all ques
tions and talked without being
questioned. Most of the time I sim
ply sat. and listened to them talk.
It waa like a dime novol.
"Hay, tliey said, wantod to corn
mil suicide, but Hoy and Hugh
say they ' talked him out or it.
They reminded him of other fam
ous orlminal gangs (hat had fought
to the end. and declared they want
(Contlnued on page 4.)
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f .Wnorlaleri Press Ix-asr.1 Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore. Juno 24
By means of photographs of Eearle
Nelson, alias Ferrell, hold at Win
nipeg for murder, pollco hero have
added to a string of Identifica
tions which thoy snld connected
Ihe prisoner with the mysterious
deaths of women here Inst fall.
Already Identified by three per
sons as that of the man who was
sought lor tho killing of Mrs.
Blanche Myers, tho photograph
was declared today hy Mrs. M. D.
Lewis to be that ot a man who
looked at a house she had ror sale.
Mrs. Lewis said the man tried to
get her to accompnny him upstairs
and to the basement, hut fearing
him, she did not do so.
Shortly after the visit to Mrs.
Lewis' house, Mrs. Mabel Fluke
was strangled to death In a hottso
nearby which was for rent.
The man who cnlled at Mrs.
lewia' house drove an old car,
which police said tallied wllh one
seen In front of the home of Mrs.
Beats Withers who dead body was
found in a trunk In tho attic of a
house she had for rent.
About the sumo time, Mrs. Vir
ginia flrant was found dead In the
basement of a vacant house.
Chlcr of Police Jenkins wired
I Police Inspector Frank Collins,
I now visiting relatives In Detroit,
to stop at Winnipeg on his way
j home to question the prisoner In
regafd lo the four mysterious
I deaths In Portland.
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IRATE ASHLAND
t HANGS 3 DUMMY
, DE AUTREMONTS
MEDFORO, Ore., Juno 24.
Indignant over tho compromise
which allowed the DeAutremont
twins to escape the noose . by
contesting to the murder of
four Southern Pacific trainmen
In, the Siskiyou mountains Oc
tober 11, 1923, a orowd of Aih.
land citizens, estimated at sev
eral hundred, early this morn
ing hung three dummies to the
chamber of commerce sign over
Main street of that city, each
labeled with the name of one
of the three DeAutremonts
Hugh, Ray and Roy, Coyle John
son, the brakeman for whose
murder Hugh DeAutremont was
convicted, was a well known
resident of Ashland and feeling
against the DeAutremont! hat
been strong ever since the tra
gedy. The dummies were tak
en down late this morning by
the Ashland police. ,
DE
Return to New Mexico Will
' Probably Be Decisions
Penalty Eases Sons'
"Consciences."
(AHStK'laled Press Leased Wire.)
MEDFORD, Ore., June 24.
Mrs. Belle De Autremont of Lake
wood, N.. M., mother of tho De Au
tremont,: brolhqrs, confessed ... slay
ers in the Siskiyou tunnel holdup,
weary from weeping, bid her sons
goodbye In the county Jail yester
day aftornoon. The visit lasted an
hour. - ;
Mrs. Do . Autremont was ' not
present ill the court room during
the flnul scene, because she was
not apprised of the proceedings un
til too late. , ' .
. "1 know thore could bo no, hu
man as unhappy as myself," ' the
distracted mother said this morn
ing at the homo of a friend in this
city. "1 have no statement now,
and have beou unable to mako any
plans as to tho future. 1 suppose
I will go back to New Mexico,"
Onco in tholr railway compart
ment hint evening the three broth
ers Htartcd reading copies of an
evening paper which contained
Hugh s narrative ot the crime.
As the train atarled Roy, a smile
on his face, waved to the crowd. A
few feminine hands fluttered s
farewell, Thero was no demon.
stratlon, but a rush of spectators
to catch a gllmpso of tho notorious
youths and outlaws,
"I might get out In 60 or (10
years," said Hugh, "but I doubt
It."
Ray and Roy, the twins, wero
more gloomy about the futuro.
"Brother and 1 see no hope; wo
are willing to pay," snld Hoy.
All three oxprcsscd satisfaction
with the sentences. "Wo'ro glad
we took a load off our con
sciences," said Roy, tno talkative
brother, who kept Insisting "thero
are things about this the public
don't understand."
Pressed for an explanation, he
countered with: "Its' a long story."
DAWES DECLINES RIDE '
IN COACH AND FOUR
Associated press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, June . 24 Vlco-Presl-lilent
Dawea agreed to assist to
night In opening the military tour
nament of Iho 817th Cavalry re
serves, aided by the army forces
of tho Hlvth Corps area, but posi
tively refused to ride In a coach
drawn by four white horses In a
parade.
"I'm no clrcua performer," Ihe
vice-president muttered.
o
E, S. COLLINS, LUMBERMAN
ADDS TO HIS HOLDINGS
(ait ..wn.K wmj.i (Min.HMV)
LONtiVIEW, Wash.. June 24.
Purchase by K. 8. Collins or Port
land, pioneer logger and lumber
man ot Cowlitz county, Washing
ton, or Ihe Interest of J. A. Hyor
ly In tho Ostrander Railway and
Timber company, Silver Lake,
Hallway and Lumber company, and
the Barr Shingle Mills at Kalamn,
Washington was announced today.
Collins Is heavily Interested In
j Cowlitz county. Tho Ostrander
I company employ 400 men. and
Jointly owns the Cowlitz Develon-
ment company loglng railway
j wllh tho Weyerhaeuser Timber
company.
Collins has two sons associated
with him in business.
j From Yencalla
1 Mrs. Leona McMullen or Yorjrat
s la. was In thin city late Thursday
arternoon visiting with friends and
attending to business affairs.
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COLD BLOODED
DEFENSELESS MEN DESCRIBED
BY . SISKIYOU iJR AIN BANDITS
Details of Crime, j Voluntarily Given, Reveal
Three Trainmen Were Wantonly Slain
, When Explosion That Killed Mail -:
s Clerk Failed to Yield Booty
Roy Dynamited Car and Murdered Fireman, Hugh Took
Life of Engineer and Aided Ray, Who Planned
, ; Robbery, to Shoot Down Brakeman Intended j
' to Escape in Auto No Fourth Man in Plot. , , '
I (Associated Press Leased Wire.)
XtEDFORD. Ore..' June 24. The
signed confessions ' ot Hay and
Hugh De Autremont, with their I
brother Roy, sentenced yesterday
to lite Imprisonment lor ; their
slaying of four men during ;i the
Siskiyou tunnel train dynamiting
on October 11, 1923, wero mado
public laBt night by Charles Jtlddi
fortl, ot Spokane, , Wash,, chief
postal . Inspector for' the norlh
weBt district, with the written con
sent of the quadruplo killers. The
confessions set at. rent reports that
a fourth man was Implicated in
the crime.
Tho confessions of Hugh anil
Ray are brief and brutal. The con
fession ol Hoy, covering au type
written pages,, devotes less th.an
two. pages to the murder, the re
mainder being a rambling discus
sion of pre-destinatlon, 'incidents
of tho boyhood of the trio, and his
views on the causes that prompted
the outlawry.
Roy Killed Flremaq
The confoBflion ot Roy, on ; the
actual killing, nays:
"Tho tunnel was full ot smoke
and wo wero panicky. Wo could
not uncouple tho mail car.- The
fireman was standing with his
hands In the ttlr, nnd his face to
ward the wall. Hugh had the
engineer covered by the sldo of
the engine. .
"Ray came hack from1 the' mall
car and said 'we can't get tho mall
car looso.' We talked over .what
to do, and decided to kill the fire
nmn. I shot blin twico with a .'13
and Ray then climbed on tho ' en
gine stops nnd told Hugh( who had
tho .engineer covered, to hurry up,
wo had to get out of there. Ho
said something about 'bumping ort
tho engineer.' I hoard shots, and
then wo all ran to our seorel hid
ing place, about threo miles north
east of tho tunnel."
Hugh's Confession
"I, Hugh Do Autrbmont, being
desirous ot telling the facts of my
connection with Iho holdup of
Southern Pacific train number 13,
October 11, 1923, heroby make the
following statement frooly nnd of
my own accord without being co
erced into doing bo, knowing tho
same may he used against me:
. "In tho summer or tho first or
September, 1923, Ray, Hoy and
myseir, purchased an automobile
In Portland, and mado the neces
sary purchasea to further our
plans and proceeded down the
Southern Pacific right of way to
select a alto for the proposed hold
up in tiinnol number 12. After
making all necessary plans, con
structing our cache, I took tho cat
back to Eugene, returned a few
days later and met tho boys nt
what is known as camp number 2,
In the Siskiyou mountains. Wo
burned and destroyed all suporflu
oils property and equipment and
moved to Mount Crest cabin. On
October 11, 1923, about noon, wo
moved to tho west portal of the
tunnel, Roy and I leaving Ray
there, went through tho tunnel
and boarded number 13 as it left
Siskiyou. Roy having lost his gun
while boarding the train, I climbed
over the tender followed by Hoy,
Instructed tho engineer lo stop the
train with the cab Just outnldn of
the tunnel which he did. The
fireman and the engineer were
then marched out to tho detonat
ing machine. Hay having in the
meantime placed the powdor In
tho door of the mall car. Upon
Hay's return, the chargo was ex
ploded by Roy. I took the engi
neer back lo the cab, while Hoy
took the fireman back to uncouple
the mall car from the rest of .tho
train, but due to tho force of the
explosion and the daniagn done, It
'was Impossible to move the mall
ear from out of Ihe tunnel. It wan
also Impossible to enter the mall
car on account of tho gns and Ihe
amnko.
Brutal 8laylnga
"I mado the engineer get down
out of the cab, so I could talk to
Hay. We saw someone coming
through tho tunnel with a red
light. Not knowing who It waa or
KILLING OF 4
how many It wero, Ray nnd I shot
the minute the form wob discern
able. This was the . brakeman,
Johnson. Roy wanted me to liuvu
the engineer try ngaln to move tlm
mall car out of the tunnel. So I
took the engineer back In the cub
but It was impossible to move tho
mall car. I remained, with the en
gineer in the cab until Ray told
me that-all'. waa lost and it ' was
impossible to carry on, to klU the
engineer anu cuiue uu. s meu nuui."
Engineer Bates, tho liromau hav-:
lug been previously killed by eith
er Roy or Ray. I had a story mado
up to tell on the stand but when
Ttuv mid Ttov hnd been caught 1
could not tell it on the stand. I
fold It to the attorneys but I dhl
not loll the ultmwya tor the de-..
fonse that 1 committed the robbery.
(Signed) Hugh Do Autremont
Ray Plotted Holdup
"I, Ray Do Autremont, after be
ing fully advised of my constitu
tional rights- and legal rights un
der Iho laws of the state of Oregon,
to tho effect (hat I do not hnvu
to make a, statement, and that. any
statement that I iinako . , can and ;
may be uboiI against mo, and after
due and deliberate consideration,
wlthopt duress or coorclon, know
ing tho consequences of my state
ment, I voluntarily make the fol
lowing statement concerning my
connection with the holdup ot tho
first section of Southern Paclflo
train number 13' on . October 11,
1923 nt tunnel number 13, Jack
son county, Oregon. ii;
"That tho Idea or making soma
robbery first occurred to me while
I waa confined lu the Washington
sUito reformatory at Monroe,
Washington, whore I was given n.
sentenco ot one year for criminal
syndicalism In 1919-1920. Tho
robbery ot a train on the Southern
Pacific railway was first planned
by me in the summer of 1923. I
had a hlg crime In mind, however,
early In 1923 when I visited with
Hugh and put him in the frnmo
ot mind for Joining with me In
the commission of such r crime. -
"I had already talked the matter
over with Hoy Do Autremont be
fore going to Now Mexico. When I
left New Mexico, It was the under
standing that Hugh would como lit
to Oregon lator In tho spring
when we would work out a plan tor
a big robbery and get sufficient
money to finance it. it being under
stood that Hugh, Hoy and myself
would carry out this robbery. Hugh
cnino up In Juno, 1923, and went
to work with myself and Roy nt
Sllverton, Oregon, with the Silver
Falls Lumber company.. I might
stato that to the best of my recol
lection that when I went to New
Mexico, over the Southern Pacific,
I gave thought to what might bo
the best place to hold up a train,
"We carefully thought put In a
general way the crime wo had in
mind and In Soptembor, 1923, wo
visited and looked over tho coun
try from Portland to Northern
California, with the Idea nt flnd-
; ing tho best placo to hold up a
riouinern rneinc train, wo uecui
ed that the best place waa tho Sis
kiyou mountains and that train
number 13 wns the bent train to
holdup, the one that would most
likely hnve a large amount of
money on It.
Preparations Recited
"We throe boys, Roy, Hugh nnd
myself, went to Portland, in tho
early part of September, 1923, pur
chased an automobile to be used
if found practicable, In making our
get-away after the robbery. We
stole a detonator, wire and dyna
mite near Oregon City, shortly af
ter tho car was purchased, having
already purchased camping sup
piles, ami drove tho car to Eu
gene, Ore.,- and at Eugene wo
bought most of our previsions for
tho cache to be made. Wo fltayed
around home for n few days and
on or about September, IS, IDiv.j
the three of us left Eugene lu the
automobile with provisions and
camping ouifii, telling our father
that we wore going on a ramping;
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