The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-05-22
CAR BURGLARS CONFESS.
Bradley and Burns VIII Not Resist
the Law.
They Entered the Freight Car at Port
Costa and Left It at
Dayisville.

William Burns and William Bradley,
Constables Brissel and Alter in this city
on Wednesday, made confession to Dis
trict Attorney Ryan yesterday.
In the forenoon both of the young men
were taken before Justice of the Peace
Henry for arraignment. AS they had no
counsel they were given until Tuesday
next to plead.
Bradley is only 10 years of age and says
that he never did anything wrong before
He attributes his present condition to the
influence of Burns, who is said to be a
professional sneak thief and burglar
Young Bradley wept bitterly in the
County Jail yesterday, and signified his
Willingness to make clean breast of the
whole affair.
IT WAS AT PORT COSTA.
When brought into District Attorney
Ryan'S private Office Bradley stated that
he and Burns were "tramping it, from
San Francisco northward, as they could
find no work at the metropolis. He did
not know Burns reputation, and con-
sidered him good fellow. Upon arriv-
ing at Port Costa Tuesday night, they
stopped to rest a while, and while there q
nOItll-bOuuu lTSlgnL tram pull0u IN.
Thinking they might steal ride to Sac
ramento, they went over TO where the
train stood and walked along beside it for
some distance In search of suitable
place to hide themselves. Just as they
approached one of the box cars they
were surprised to see three men emerge
from it and run away. These men. said
Bradley, must have thought that he and
Burns were trainmen. They looked into
the car deserted by the trio, and observed
that the
CONTENTS OF THE CAR
Had been thrown about in great con-
fusion. While thus engaged the train be-
gan to move, and the idea struck them,
so Bradley says, that they could hide
themselves in this car.
They did so, and rode in it to Davis
vile. Here Burns suggested that they
had better leave the train, and, being
short of funds, he also proposed that they
take with them the bundles of dry goods
which had been placed in gunny-sacks
and left in the car by the men who ran
away at Port Costa. This they did. After
remaining in Davisville for couple of
hours they boarded passenger train for
this city, and upon arriving here started
out to sell the goods. It was while thus
engaged that they were overhauled by
the Constables.
BURNS GETS IN, TOO.
When Burns learned that Bradley had
confessed, he, too, wanted to plead guilty.
He told District Attorney Ryan sub
stantially the same story as that told by
Bradley.
Both men will plead guilty to the
charges of burglary when their cases are
called in court.
The authorities are inclined to doubt
| the story OF the burglars, in so far as it
refers to the Port Costa runaways. The
articles found in the possession of Burns
and Bradley are only small portion of
the property taken from the car. AL
together there were several hundred dol
lars worth of goods taken, and Constable
Brissel and the railroad officers say that
they are confident that Bur1k and Brad
ley know where the remainder of the
stolen property is. They are inclined to
the belief that these two young men were
assisted by others in the robbery, and
they think a further and more complete
confession is in order.