The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-08
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NljR)E REL
DENTON
Man Confesses to Police, But
Not Much Stock Taken
in His Story Of
Crime.
HE duplicates FIVE
Rodriguez May be Weaver Of Blood
thirsty Dreams, Having Admit
ted Many Other
crimeA
HE duplicates FIVE

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8.-An Off
Ger was expected to arrive from Los
Angeles today to help local police
determine, if possible, whether they
have in custody the alleged murderer
Of Jacob C. Denton, of Los Angeles,
or the weaver of bloodthirsty dreams.
The man involved was arrested I'M
der the name Of Joseph Rodriguez,
accused of the alleged kidnapping OF
eighteen-year-old Josephine Vllareal
last week.
k Yesterday afternoon Rodriguez, ac-
cording to Captain of Detectives
O'Mara, asked that Paulist father
lrbe called. He had a confession to
make, he was alleged to have said.
"You had better first tell the
police, if you have confession,
O'Mara said Rodriguez was told.
AL right then was the reported
answer. "I'm the man who killed
Jacob Denton, of Los Angeles.
Rodriguez, according to O'Mara,
then unfolded a story that set the
police agog.
According to the alleged confes-
sion, he, with five others, attacked
June 6 at a party given at Denton's
home in Los Angeles. After the muir
der, which was the alleged climax OF
twenty-minute fight, Rodriguez. and
another man fled to Tia Juana, Low
er California, while others were said
to have buried Denton in the crude
tomb in which his body was found
The alleged confession duplicates
five persons who already have been
questioned in connection with the
case.
Doubts, however, have arisen as
result of kilograms from Los An
geles which contain the statement
that Rodriguez is believed to be a
man who was in jail in the southern
city from May II to September II.
Denton was killed early in June. IT
the identification is correct, accord
ing to these advices, Rodriguez con-
fessed to most of the crimes recently
committed in Los Angeles, being
what the police term "confessor.'
When confronted with the Los An
geles kilograms, Rodriguez said it
was q mistake-that he was not the
man who had been in jail there.
Mystery Within Mystery.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. S.-Appar-
entity a mystery within a mystery has
been developed in the Investigation of
the murder of Jacob c. Denton, whose
body was found in crude wooden
tomb at his home in Los Angeles.
While Los Angeles authorities were
declaring today that the alleged con.
fession of Jose Rodriguez to the muir
der of Denton was an absolute fake"
Captain of Detectives OMara to whom
Rodriguez made his purported state
ment. declared nothing has been
brought to light to convince us that
Rodriguez confession is untrue
As for Rodriguez, himself, he stood
bv his statement firmly, according to
all who had talked with him this morn
ing. ~
If it should prove that Rodriguez
confession was false, criminologistS
admitted that the untangling of the
mystery of "why did he confess"
would make psychologists an interest
ing, puzzle.
Regulates Confession.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8.-Joseph
Rodriguez, who was said by police
TO have confessed the murder of
Jacob C. Denton, Los Angeles mining
man, today repudiated his confess
sion. according to a statement given
ont by~ Oscar Hudson, his attorney.
at was all lie," Hudson said
Rodriguez told him this morning.
81 never killed Denton in Los An
geles and never knew Mrs. Peete.
81 was sitting alone in my cell
when the idea came to me that 1
could gain some notoriety in this
way" Hudson declared Rodriguez
told him. 81 then made up this story
which is all untrue.
81 made an offer to a Los Angeles