The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-22
ITO CONFESS THE
 LAIN ROBBERY
,s . ,.ssn a.arsin Supplied the Gun and r.i a'..ns.,n Did the ShOOting-Ihe tsnn. Mo'sey and Mask Found
 ss<~iN Thornton Persistent.


 fonscience. that grim monitor Of lifs kas joined hands with Justice n solvine the mystery of the shooting sn8 <obhers of John Fain. At the p5ik eouat4 jail, secure behind steer bar3 sre two men, both of whom are ~.;a to have confessed participating ii the bold daylight attack. In sher- iig Thofntonss keeping are the weap' on. with which Fain was shot, the monev stolen from him and even the mask rsed by the robber. Marion Martin and Vol Simpson, two young residents of Egger community are said 10 have confessed their part Ill the bold crime.
 Sjnlnso1,. who was arrested Satur- day. is said to have laughed when first charged with the shooting and robbery Of Fain. When the pig steer door at tbe jail closed behind nm, ne evidently underwent change o1 heart. for bv nightfall he told dlf- ferenf story from what he had given the officers ili the morning. simpson promised Sheriff Thornton to reveal fhe hidine places of the various ar tiele4 connected with the robbery and ns no one else knew them he volun- feered to 70 with the officers and re- cover them.
 AccordinRIy Simpson, in custody ot Sheriff Thornton and Chief of Police Hunrate, i11otored out to the Egger community Sunday and at various spots desiGnated by the prisoner, the officers searched and found the diff ferent articles sought. The revolver, which was used in shooting Fain, was found wrapped in an oil-soaked gunny sack, hidden in a dry place under heath an old clay root. This was at point at 1eaet a mile and half from Simpsons home.
 Tn between the boards on the roof of Simpsor's barn, the officers found two pieces of currency, S5 bill and $1 bill, which Simpson said had been taken from Fain. The money was found exactly where Simpson said it would be. Beneath a freshly turned furrow of earth on Simpsons land, Sheriff ThoY1lton found the coins that were the fruits of the robbery. Simp- son, the officers say, told them where to dig and told them how much they would find The total was $18.17 ana coins to that amount were found p1Ied loosely at the bottom of the furrow slice. A small stick marked the hiding place. Simpson said that the money was buried the morning the bIoodho{inds came while he was blowing in the field
 Buried in the bank of small stream not lar from the scene of the robbery, the officers found ttihie mask worn by the robber, the pocketbook taken from Fain and a red bandana handkerchief This spot was desig- mated by Simpson and the officers found just what they expected. The mask apparently was made by a small sack that Ind once contained meal or salt Holes had been cut in it to permit the Wearer to see and to breathe. When slipped over the head the white suck reminded one of the hooded fEures in pictures of the Ku Kulx K1an.
 According to statements made to Sheriff Thornton by Marion Martin and Simpson, they alone planned and arranged the robbery of Fain. How ever three other men have been bound over tc the grand jury on sus- p'cion of participating in the crime and until further evidence is found, ',:f Y; ;;isiid. Martin so the of ncers say, supplied the gun with z9zlaeh Y Fam vas shot and Simpson did s1e shooting. The robbery netted a to<eI or $z4.l7 in cash and certificates o3 deposit Simpson is said to have admitted burning the certificates. kuoWlnE they were worthless to him.
 However, Sheriff Thornton is not aifoEether satisfied the whole truth has come out. He now has in iail. q: 93ssis Lszckett, an Oklahoma youth Wao has been working in the High Iand community, and who claims to have been told the money stolen from Faln was divided and who also claims che knife found near the scene was n Fred Germans possession a lew days before. But German denies nAylnE had any connection with the eflIne and denies ownership of the k71ifr, Sheriff Thornton also has evil dence the knife was Simpsons ana not Gorman's. Luckett will be held a witness until the matter is Ntfa1Entened out.
 n bringing to justice the men who 4ffHcked and robbed Fain Sheriff 3n0xxlt0n has worked day and night When uecessary and much of the cred 1t and confession of the two princi- pals 1s due to him. He has been ably 4ssisted by Deputy Sheriff Viii
 auiknef of Bigger, hy Chief of Po- .Iee hungate and Deputy Sheriff | nzeI of Mena and by many citiunra