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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1927)
THE KLAMATH NEWS Saturday, June 25, 1927. Story of Dynamiting Told by Trio Of Youthful DeAutremont Killers (Oontlnned tram Pago Om) I'urlUild, mill ninilo tho ucceeaary liurcliaaea to further our pinna and proceeded Uuwii the Boulhern !' villa right of way lo eelect a ilta fur (ho proposed holdup In tunnel number It. After making all iieoe. aarjr plana, conilrucllng our cache, I look tha car back lo Kugene, re turuad (aw dura lalar aud mat Iho boy at what la known aa ramp number I In tha Blaklyou moun tain. ttovrr Track. "Wa liuraod and doatroyad all au porfluoua proporty and equipment and moved to Mount Croat cabin. On October II. 1(33, about noon, wo moved to Ilia went portal ot tha tunnel, Itoy and 1, leaving Hay there, want throuih Ilia tunnel and boarded number 13 aa It left Blakl you. Itoy having loat hl gun while boarding Iba train, I climbed i over tha lender, followed by Itoy, Inatrueted tho engineer to atop tbe train with, lha fab Juat outalda of tha tunnel which ha did. Tha fire man audi tha engineer wrra then . marched out to tha detonating ma chine, liar bavig lu tha moantlmo placed powder In Iba door of tha mall car. t'liargo KtplmUxt. "Upon Itay'a return, the charge wna exploded by Itoy. I took the engluoer baric to tho cab, while Hoy took the flruman back to un couple lha mall car from tbe real of lha train, but due lo tho force of lha exploalon and tho damage done. It wa Impoaalhlo to more tha mall car from out ot tbe tunnel. It waa alao tiupowlble, to enter the mall car on account of tha gaa aud amoka. 1 made tbe engineer get down out of Iba rab, eo I could talk to Itay. Wo aaw aomeona com ing through the tunnel with a red light. , M . .., .- i Mmmi Brakrinaa.. "Not knowing who It waa or how many tbero were. Kay and I ahot the mlnuU tho form waa dlarernlhle. Tbla waa the brakeaau, Johneon. Itoy wanted me to have the euglii cer try again to move tha mall car out of the tunnel. ' So I look the engineer back In tha cab but It waa Impossible to move lha mall car. I remained with the engineer In the rab until Itay told me that all waa lout and It waa Impoaalhlo to move tho mall rar. MurnVra Datr. ' "I then ahot Knglneer Datea, Ihe fireman having been prevloualy kill ed by either Itoy or Itay. I bad a atory made np totell on tha aland but when Itiy and Hoy had been raught I rould not tell It on the atand. I told It lo tho altornrya but I did not tell tho attorneya fur Ihe defunae that I rnmmltlod tha robbery. Thla hi a voluntary atale men! and la made freely and ot my own accord. (Signed) HUGH DB AVTItEMONT." j "I. Itay Ie Autrumont, after be ing fully advKeri ot my constitu tional rlghta and legal rlghta under the lawa of Ihe a'aie of Oregon, to the effort Unit I do not have to make a alalamenl, and that any atutenieiit that I muko ran and may ba uaed agalnat me, and after due aud deliberate conaltlnratloil, with put dureaa or coercion, knowing the couerquencea of my atatement, I voluntarily make Iho following alalemont concerning my connec tion with tha boldup of lha fire-, aecllon of Southern 1'arlflo train number 13 on October 11, 1923, nt tunnel number 13, Jatkaou coun ty, Oregon. Ill t'rlmo On Mind "That the Idea of making gome our father Ibat wo wore going on a camping trip up In tha I'uget Hound country. "Wa went directly to the Blaklyou mountain about a quarter of a mllo from tho aummlt of iho mountain, turned off tha road about 300 feet from tha road and camped, the automobile being concealed from the I'aclflo highway. Wo alayed at 'thla location about one week and I then moved to what la known a 'Camp number t, remaining there aeveral daya trying out tha detonat ing marblna and doing considerable target practlca and atudylng ' tbe topography of Iba country. tXivrr Trarka, "Whllo at tbla ramp It waa de- pnpper, guna, flaahllgbla, ate. Tbo detonating marblna waa wrapped In a pair of blue overall. Wa laid out our dynamite, about thirty feet from tha entrance of the funnel con nected tba wire and placed tha do tonatlng machine and Hugh and took tba fireman and elarted back to uncouple tho mall car. ' "Tha gaaea were too much for tho fireman and Hoy aent btin back. Tho fireman and engineer were cov ered by Hugh and myself and In ". few aecond 1 aaw aomeiine coming elded that wo would burn up tba! tarpaulin uaed aa a tent, llugh'a robbery flr.t occurred lo mo whll, wooden tool cheat and varloua other I waa confined In tha Waehlnglon ",,u" . tat. reformatory at Monroe, Wjwh.. tlftamtlo.. I do not know wh. he ,k i ,' ' ... , I lb roe or four daya or a week that therefore cannot atata positively long wa were at Camp 1 number 3. Tbe latter part of Sep. Hoy atartod for tho north entrance, i witB . red light on tha right band going through tba tunnol whllo I aide of the train. (I later found remained at tha eoulu entrance, that tbla wa the brakeman Roy amoklng clgaret. ... , . ,. t ,y lBa aent forward to have tbo englna , ; ., All urkl Oat movo tha mall ear abaad. I abot "It waa tba undemanding that!" thla man with tho red light with Hugh and Hoy would board tba tank my abot gun and at tba eama tlm of tba engine when tbo train alowad Hugh n " '" Colt' down at tbo north entrance to teal tha man ataggerod np to ma and brake; , Tha train came through muttered, 'that other fellow aald to and tha anglno wa juat atirtlng out Pnll tho thing ahead,' to far aa I ih. ...nth entrance when It came to I could mako out. 1 aaw ba waa one year lor crlmlunl syndicalism In 1010.11120 Tha rnhlierv of a mill nn lha HnlltliKrn l'ailfli' rail. now way wa flrnt planned by mo In Ihe auranier of 13. I had crime In mind, .however, early big lember, 1(13, It wa decided that ,'Hugh ahould return In tba Naah car 133, when I vlalud New Muxlro, at which time I had talked tho mut ter over with Hugh and put him In tho frame of mind for Joining -ar It la ne In tbo communion of audi a crime. "I had already talked the matter over with Hoy Do Aulremont bo-' ou' ?' fore going to New Meilco. When I left New Moxlro, It waa the undor alamllng that Hugh would come up to Oregon later In Ihe aprlng when wo would work out a plan for a big robbery and get eufflcient mon ey lo finance. It being understood that Hugh, Hoy and myaolf would carry . out thla robbery. Hugh rame up In June, 1923, and went to father at Kugene. for tho roaaon that It rould nut be uaed in mak ing our getaway. "It wa Intended that If eurceaa ful In lha robbery that I would go to Eugene and get the car. conn back and get my brother and mako Hugh ran Into a cow on the Blaklyou mountalna and bad to atay la Aahland until hla car waa repaired, thla naturally made Hugh lata In returning. Ha finally re turned to ua at Camp number 2, about September 30, 1913. "During thla period wa had oie pared a cache In which to bide and Into which to lake tbe loot hich wo expected to obtain, rv- to work with myaolf and Itoy at;malning there until 1 could proiuea Hilvertnn. ore., villi ihe Silver: to Kugene and obtain tha Naah Kail Lumber company. "I might atata tbat to tho beat oT my recollection that when I went to New Mexico, over the Bouthrrn Pa cific, I gava thought to what might bo the beat place lo hold up a train. Carefully Thought Out. "We carefully thought out In a general way tho rrlmo we had In mind and In September 1923. wo vlalted and looked over the coun try from Portland to northern Cali fornia, with the idea of finding the1 beat place to hold up a Southern Pacific train. We derided that tha beat place waa the Blaklyou moun-1 tain and tbat train number 13 waa, tbe beat train to bold up. the one, i hat would moat likely havo a large' amount of money on It. Hired Ihlonator. "We three boya. Roy, Hugh and : myself, went to Portland, In the! early part of Boptember, 1923, pur- rhaard an automobile to be uaod If found practicable In making onr gel-away after ho robbery. We Htola detonator, wtro and dyne- mllo near Oregon City, shortly at-' ter tha car waa purchaaed. having already purchased ramping aupplle. and drove the car to Eugene. Ore.. and at Kugene we bought moat of our provisions Tor tho cache to- be made. Wo alayed around homo for a few daya and on or about Septem ber 13, 1923, the three of ua left Kugene, In the automobile with pro visions and ramping outfit telling automobile In which lo make our getaway. "October 11. 1923. wa tbe datr decided upon for tho robbery. About 12 noon on this date, we took our equipment to the aoutb end ot tho tunnel, consisting ot detonating ma chine, three park aacka, three foot pada faelal. a ono pound ran of a atop. At thl tlm Roy waa on l tho back end of lha oil tank, Hugh waa In tba cab with tha engineer and fireman, I waa beaido-tha dyna mite Inside tho tunnel and handed the dynamite np to Itoy. Before I did thla 1 noticed tho mall alerk etlck hi head out of the alda door of tbe mall car and I attempted to shoot him with a abot gun I bad. Roy and I went up to tha engine tab and Hugh made tbo fireman and engineer get down on tbo right hnd aide ot tbe gangway of tho engine. fcxptaato ) -,. . "Wo drove tbem up clear of tbe front end of the tunnel wnerd-they would bo aafe from debrla. ' Roy gavo tba detonator a puah and the mouth of tbo tunnel wa filled with amoka, aa a reault ot tbo explosion of' tho charge ot dynamite.- which bad been placed agalnat tho front door of the mall car. Roy then f Continue)! nn Page Ms) GLASSES Eyei Examined. Fined and the Glauea Ground in our own factory to tmil yomr , iwdipidmjl tciu 'mmtnlu . Broken Lease Replaced Dt. COBLE'S too main araggT . - . 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