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drove to a point about is miles
away"
It was at the latter place where
the body and the machine were
burned.
Kels told how he placed the body
in the a against the haystack and
in the darkness piled hay all around
1t. He told how he used n candle TO
time himself so that he would have
ample time to get away before the
flames started.
After arranging the hay around
the machine and the dead body of
the stranger no told of hiding the
candle in such a way hat when It
burned out II set the hay afire.
Then he set out afoot and walked
to Sacramento.
His story at this point in the
narrative recounted his wanderings
since the murder. told OF his trip to
Texas and back to San Francisco
before he came here.
Kels maintained that he never ex.
pected TO collect any of tho insur-
ance money himself but wanted his
wife to get 1t for the payment OF his
business obligations.
Kels was kept under guard during
the night. Sheriff Riecks and As.
sistant District Attorney Woodward
retired Immediately after the con-
fession had been obtained.
Kels was prominent in the COM
munity around Lodi and his funeral
was attended by 5000 persons. Tho
grave believed to be his was heaped
high with flowers
Soon after this Sheriff Riecks. in
conjunction with tho district attor.
ney's office at Stockton, began n
secret investigation of certain cir.
cumstances. Tho victim in the
burned automobile had but three
teeth; Kels was known TO have a
full set. An analysis OF the dead
mans stomach showed no trace OF
the sardines Kels was reported to
have eaten a short time before the
charred body was found. with these
points to work on. the Investigators
reconstructed n story. which. they
said today. Tailed almost in every
Continued pm Psso SeyonJ
, 1923-10-03

body, until he broke down under
last nights grilling. ,
Kels asked what would happen to
his wife IL he confessed. He said
she would soo give birth to n baby
and he would like to have the news
kept from her. He was promised
that everything possible would be
done to protect his wife. and then
he asked to be alone with Sheriff
Riecks.
II have always paid my bills and
come clean. and ! will come clean
now" he commenced. Riecks said.
You fellows have got 1t all figured
out pretty well.
IT was heavily insured, and I
thought that was the best way 20
clean up. 1 figured my wife would
get the insurance and 1 would never
see her again.
II figured that she would get over
the shock and be comfortably fixed,
and / planned to go to Mexico.
THE man I killed was perfect
stranger to me ] got him in Lodi
for that purpose.
II took him over to my ranch and
made n p%retense that the windmill
was out of order and got him out of
the car. Then 1 shot him In the
back with n .32 calibre revolver.
HE groaned but didn't fall and I
shot him again. Figuring that he
might still be alive. l got n heavy
iron bar and hit him over the head
n couple of times.
Then I put him In the car and
put n lap robe over him and drove
around for several hours. 1 went
to Gait and visited a service station
and bought a supply of gasoline"
Here Kels' confession of his
travels tailed closely with the way
tho Stockton officials had it figured
out.
All the time Kels was driving with
the dead body hardly yet cold, he
kept It in tho automobile under tho
lap robe. When tho gasoline tank
of his car was filled at Gait the
dead body was lying in tho back
seat of the a under tho robe
Then I went back to the ranch"
Kals continued, and after dark /
, 1923-10-03
Would Abandon
TUO Proposed
Railroad Lines

WASHINGTON. Oct. s.-Author-
lily to abandon operations on a -.
mile branch line between Clough
Junction and Marysville. Mont. has
been sought by the Northern Pa
cific company from tho Interstate
Commerce Commission. Operation
of h branch is resulting in the
loss of about SIS 900 annually. the
petition asserted and all Of the pop
ulation living along It can be served
adequately from other railroad lines.
The Northern Pacific also sought
permission to abandon a branch line
running from Helena to Rimini,
Mont. This line. the application said.
serves only about ten families living
at an abandoned mining center and
is steadily losing money.
, 1923-10-03

Two Burlington officials whose
duty it is TO daily inspect the road
bed and track of that line in this
part of wyoming. were questioned
by Coroner Holman and members
of the jury.
w. Z. Waygood, roadmaster, de-
clared hat on the night OF the
tragedy he had gone over the Cole
creek bridge in a work train Just
three hours before the passenger
train fell through it He said that
at that time he observed the water
in the creek and noted that 1t was
not of unusual volume. The work
train. he stated, passed safely over
the bridge and that structure was
then in good condition.
Section Foreman H. G.. Kefiner
was the second man to be CUES.
toned In testfiYing he said that
men in his gang had passed down
h track several times during the
day but there was no evidence of
the tracko being In any way affect
ed by the rains. He went on to
state that later hat evening. at s
o'clock. he himself had made a
special trip to the Cole creek bridge.
He looked at 1t thoroughly and
even made an investigation OF the
piling underneath which. he said.
was at that time showing no strain
because of the waters below.
Kellner declared in answer to n
, 1923-10-03

question concerning the depth OF
the water in Cole creek that II was
not more than 16 inches deep n,
the most. and that previously he
witnessed more threatening storms
and thought nothing of tho storm
that night In fact. both witnesses
stated that at the time they made
their examinations there was moth.
Ing that caused either of them tc
be alarmed.
The inquest wns continued today
at Douglas. the body of Ella Seals
recovered from the chair car early
yesterday morning. being used in
conjunction with the investigation
No verdict has been reached by the
jury due to the prolonging of the
inquest.
, 1923-10-03
.JACkL|N GIVEN
"A To Is YEARS
IN STATE PEN
Severe Penalty Is Melted
Out to Man Convicted
On Rape Charge.

Jay Jacklin. convicted on a rape
charge by a jury in criminal court
Monday. was sentenced yesterday
by Judge r. r. Rose to serve from
il to Is years in the state peniten-
tiary at Rawlins. The crime is
punishable by a sentence of from
one year to life.
NJ. F. Ryan. attorney for Jacklin,
filed a request for q stay of execu-
ton which was refused by the court
The jury IN the case OF @. c.
Kelly, charged with violation of the
liquor laws. disagreed after being
out nve hours yesterday and was
discharged by Judge Rose Kelly
was charged with having made sales
Of liquor at a pool hall in Evans
Vile.
The case Will be retired today.
, 1923-10-03
MARSHALL BOWER AND
CHRISTIAN COKE ARE
At HOTEL HERE

Marshall H. Bower and Christian
Coke were not among the unfortun'
ate victims of the wreck of the Bur
lington train No. 80 Thursday night,
Both are happily alive and staying
at the Henning hotel.
Mr., Bower has a story of a provi'
Dental escape from being on board
the train. He had gone to the sta
ton and was almost ready to pur
chase a ticket but his trunk had moi
come in from Salt Creek. and al
though the baggageman promised tc
check It when 1t came in Nj. Bower
replied that he was in no hurry and
willing to walt a day"
81 am satisfied to stay in Casper
for a while now" he said to Ben
Franklin. drayman. a day or two
, 1923-10-03
PRISON GUARDS KILLED
BY FOUR IN
PRISON ROW
Freight Rate
Reduction Asked

KANSAS CITY. Mo, Oct. "a
plea for a reduction in freight rates
on hay is made by N. C. Campbell.
president OF the Kansas City Hay
Dealers Association, in a letter ad-
dressed to the Washington office Of
tho American Railway association.
startling decrease in tonnage trans
p~ortation in the last three years in
this trade territory than hay, the
letter statea.
, 1923-10-03
Three MORE bcse::EESS FOUND IN WRECKAG
CASUALTY LIST
KNOWN DEAD;

KNOWN DEAD:
John Fargo, address unknown
member l. w. w, Sullivan post S13
ID. r. Schultz. baggageman and
expressman. Casper.
Nicholas Schmetz, Douglas, wyo.,
drowned.
f. j. Klove. brakeman. Casper.
w. j. Nource, Gunnison, Colo.
Albert Hill, colored. Dodge City,
Kan.
THE MISSING:
Charles A. Guenther. Douglas,
Wyo.
NJ. d. Montgomery. Denver.
II. G.. Nein. salesman for Carter,
Rice & Carpenter Paper Co.. Denver.
James Cogin. Model. Colo.
o. f.. Gains, Denver.
II. Watkins, negro porter. Casper,
Guy W. Golf, conductor, Chey.
enne.
K. J. Spangler, engineer, Casper.
w. Il. Hendricks, mailman.
j. p. Jensen, Boise, Idaho, recent
ly of Glenrock, Wyo.
Ollie Mallon, mailman.
Jay Griswold, Casper.
Mrs. Minnie Owens, Casper.
w. Martin, Casper.
IT, T. Gierhart, Denver.
w. S. Wilson, international Or
ganizer for Painters Union, Denver,
w. X. Douglas, Denver.
William Hines, homesteader, 0gal.
lala, Wyo.
Ella Scales, Lander. enroute to
Laramie.
, 1923-10-03
HOPE FOR CONDUCTOR
G0FF IS ABANDONED

CHEYENNE. wyo.. Oct. s-Inves-
tigation has failed e substantiate
a report persistently circulated here
that Conductor Guy Golf. of Bur
lington train No. 30 that plunged
into Cole Creek asst Thursday night
had been located at n sheep camp
several miles down the Platte river
from the scene OF tho disaster, suf-
fertng from pneumonia. 1t Is re-
garded hero as certain that Goff
met death when tho train WINS
wrecked
, 1923-10-03
BRANCH BANKS
OF NATIONALS
AR < ILLEGAL

WASHINGTON. Oct. 3.-National
banks are forbidden by law from
engaging in the branch banking
business. ven within the cities in
which they are located. Attorney
General Daugherty holds, In an
opinion explained today u the Joint
congressional banking commission
by Comptroller OF the Currency
Dawes.
Such banks may. however. extend
facilities for receiving deposits and
cashing checks within the limits of
the city. Comptroller Dawes re-
ferred to these facilities as "tellers'
windows" and intimated that no
other functions. such as making
loans or purchasing securities.
should be carried on at these win
dows.
, 1923-10-03

Il don't know who 1t was / killed;
he was a perfect stranger to me. 1
got him in Lodi for the purpose"
Kels said. The confession was made
in an interview with R!ecks alone.
after long grilling by Riecks and
others.
The confession came as the de
nouncement of a sensational murder
hoax. nearly two weeks after elabo-
rate funeral services had been held
Mt Lodi, supposedly for Kels. and
"a after Kels' arrest at Eureka. rs
the climax to a man hunt Of nearly
a week throughout the state for
him. Kels was arrested In a box
car Monday night as he was at
tempting to commit suicide by dis
charging a rifle with his toes. He
readily admitted his identity. but
persisted in a denial that he had
slain his companion and burned the
, 1923-10-03
JOHN CAMPION, DENVER
CLUBMAN, KILLED IN
LEADVILLE CAR CRASH

OF tho ear escaped with slight In
turies. etA
Camplon was the manager of tho
hex Mining company. He was tho
son OF tho hte John r. Campion.
millionaire mine owner OF Leadvfle
and Denver. The accident occurred
about is miles south OF Lendvirio-
Other occupants OF tho car could
give no explanation for It.
Tho Campion party was on tho
way TO Lendvillo from Twin lake..
Campion was driving. according to
other occupants OF the machine. the
car swerved as II was approaching
a concrete bridge over the Arkansas
river and swept into the stream
, 1923-10-03
OF TRAIN WRECK
VICTIM SHIPPED TO
IOWA FOR |NTERMENT

CHEYENNE, wyo., Oct. 3-The
remains OF e. J.. Kove. brakeman.
who met death in the Burlington
wreck at Coal Creek Tuesday was
shipped to Nevada. Iowa, for bur
ial. after funeral services at the
family home hero. Mrs. Rlove
and daughter accompanied the body
to Nevada.
, 1923-10-03
Death Saddens
Campbell Home

Guy Campbell, Jr.. 1s months old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Campbell.
died yesterday at the family home
at Mills.
The funeral services VIII be held
tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at
the Shaffer-Gay chapel.
, 1923-10-03
STOKES TRIAL
is POSTPONED

NEW YORK. Oct, s.-The second
trial of the divorce suit brought by
w. E.. d. Stokes, wealthy realty
operator. against Helen Elwood
Stokes today was postponed until
next Monday.
, 1923-10-03
Automobile Bearing Millionaire and
THO Others Plunges Into Riper
Campion'S Neck Broken

~LEADVILLE, Colo, Oct. 3.-(By The Associated
Campion, 80 years old, Millionaire Denver
clubman, mining man and polo player. was killed today
when his automobile swerved from the main highway near
here and went into the Arkansas river.
Campions neck was broken. Two other occupants
, 1923-10-03
ONE VICTIM IS
IDENTIFIED BY
AN I.W.W. CARD
Bodies of Others
Not Yet Removed
From Wreckage
of Smoking Car

The buried smoking car
of Burlington passenger
train No. 80 which plunged
into Cole Creek Is miles
east of Casper Thursday
night today gave up its first
Vlctms' representing one body re-
covered and two others which
rescuers were striving to reach this
afternoon. Digging into the wreck.
age at the top of the smoking car
after a shattered express car had
been derricked to one side, work
men discovered a body and later two
more.
An l. w. w. card found IN the
pocket Of the victim removed lat.
this morning identified him as Fra
Fargo. The ard bore no address,
inc no other papers were found in
MS pockets which might identify
him further. The body was wedred
IN the wreckage of tho smoking
car. access TO which was gained
by removal during the night of the
chair car which has barred
recovery work for three days. n
was tho first body to be taken from
this car which was badly smauhed
up.
III L w. w. card found an
Fargo's body had been issued 10
him by Tom Sullivan of CASPER. ana
Indicated membership in oil 6el3
workers organization No. ala. SincS.
sullivan has left Casper IL is prob-
able that Fargo had made his home
in or near Casper for several
months.
The body was clad in n red
sweater and overalls and according
TO word received hero is in n rood
state OF preservation, making
further Identification possible II IN.
mans friends or relatives are In.
Gated. At noon today tho body va,
In charge OF Coroner Chris Hof.
mann OF Douglas county and had
not been removed from the scene of
the wreck.
MORE BODIES TO BE
REMOVED LATE TODAY
The two bodies located TODAY h,,,
not removed from the wreckar, 81
the smoking car probably WIN b,
recovered late this afternoon. n
wns learned at 3 o'clock when tha
hoisting crane n other agencies
were brought into play to secur,
their release. Both arc close to-
sether and lie IN the wreckage COW
cred by the floor OF tho mali car.
tho express end of which was cut
OFF last night. Flame from acety-
lene blow torches has been burning
its way through steel and other CD.
structions since noon to aid in ef-
fecting n release of the bodies and
this afternoon It was stated that
h crane would be attached to the
floor of tho nail car.
The identity OF neither of the two
victims can be learned until they
are removed. The back elf one is
exposed and portions of the body OF
n other can be seen. The work
presents an arduous task by reason
Of the smashed and twisted conek
ton Of the wreckage. A heavy tim.
her is lying across the body of enc
man and rescuers expect to find the
remains mangled.
The smoker carried the larrrrt
number of passengers OF any OF the
cars OF the train. some estimates
placing the number Of victims trap
ped within II at nearly rs. On 40
count Of tho demolished condition
OF the a some railroad men had
expressed the opinion thai the bod.
les had been swept downstream and
Continued on Page Seven.
, 1923-10-03
MURDER HOAX Is CONFESSED
Alex A. Kels, Reported Slain, admits Having Killed SIan
ger on California Ranch That Pseudo Widow Might
Collect 100000 Insurance Money

until recently believed to have benf ouny murdered on his ranch near Lodi
Calf, confessed early today to Sheriff w. F. Recks of Stockton that lie hired a srang-
from a employment agency September IL killed him, burned the body ant ar
ranged for the body to be identified as Kh5 so that the supposed widow OF Khs could
collect insurance pproxmatng 100000.
, 1923-10-03
Two Other Guards and Kitchen Worker
Wounded at MadisonpiIe; Mer
Barricaded In Kitchen

jacksonville, KY. Oct. 3.-Four convicts at the
state penitentiary at Eddyville, about 80 miles southwest
of here, shot and killed two guards, seriously wounded two
other guards and an employe of the penitentiary kitchen
and barricaded themselves in the kitchen where a con-
siderable time after the outbreak they were shooting
at eXrybody within sight Mean kitchen were crying or help while
While the wounded men lying be- the guards we're poweness o render
tMeo. The panLtentMy and the them ala
, 1923-10-03
WALTON DEFEATED AT POLLS
BALL SCORES


National League
At Boston
Brooklyn ----01e 02I 20 -
Boston 100 900 10
Batteries-Reuther and Ainsmuth:
Marquard. Feilingim; Oeschger and
O'Neill, Gibson.
American League
Al Chicago
Detroit 30
Chicago -~----00
Batteries-Whitehfn and Bassler:
Robertson and Sciialk
At st. Louis
Cleveland 300
st. Louis ----002
Batteries-UhIe and O'Nein; KoIp
and Collins.
Al Philadelphia
Washington 100 200
Philadelphia --043 002
Batteries-Kowe. Yarmouth and
Ruel. Hargrave, Meekcr and Per-
kins.
, 1923-10-03
BRIDGE IN Good SHAPE SHORTLY
BEFORE WRECK, RALROADERsS SAY
First Evidence in Coroner's Inquest Over Disaster
Victims Held in Caboose at Cole
Creek; Section Men Testify.

In the half dusk of settling night the coroner's jury in
Converse county gathered yesterday in a dimly lighted
in Cole creek and there began its inquest into the deaths
of the many who last Thursday at OLA p. m. persisted
NEARBY.
, 1923-10-03
VERDICT Of VOTERS BLOCKED BY
EXECUTIVE THROUGH INJUNCTION
Overwhelming Defeat at Polls Followed by Order
From District Court in Oklahoma Holding
Up Official Election Certhcaton.

CITY, OKLA, Oct Soy The Asso-
ciated Press "A temporary restraining order preventing
the state election board from certifying the returns from
vesterday's special election was issued in. state district
court here today on application of counsel for Governor }.
, 1923-10-03

The order was granted after thu
executives petition was filed before
Judge Tom C. Chambers. Jr. 1t en-
Joins w. C. McAlister. secretary
John p. Logan. "deposed" chairman
Ira Mitchell. newly appointed a
man and Claude Baker. member
from certifying the returns OF the
pretended election" to the secretary
of stnte. The action was brought
by Mr.. Walton as governor.
, 1923-10-03

-tBy Tho Associated Press).-The
state capitol was again under guard
of state troops today. Frank Carter.
chairman of tho state corporation
commission, declared It was his un-
Outstanding that the guards were
under orders to prevent certincation
to the state election board of re-
turns from yesterdays state election.
No explanation of the guards re
appearance could be obtained from
the adjutant generals office
, 1923-10-03

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Oct. Soy The As
,oc;ated Press) of Governor j. c. Walton
scored a sweeping victory yesterday in the most spectacu-
lar election ever held in Oklahoma.
'I Rv a decisive majority a constitutional amendment was
nassed empowering the state legislature to meet on its own
, 1923-10-03
Weather Forecast

WYOMING: Fair tonight except
warmer in northwest portion. Thurs
day generally fair and somewhat
warmer
, 1923-10-03

The buried smoking car
of Burlington passenger
train No. 80 which plunged
INTO Cole Creek Is miles
east of Casper Thursday
night today gave up its first
, 1923-08-02
WOOL ASSOCIATION
NOW IS YEARS OLD
But FORTY.ONE SHEEPMEN ENROLLED
IN STATE W00LGR0WERS As.
ISOLATION IN 1905

There were but forty one charter
members when the Wyoming Wool
growers Association was organized
at Cheyenne in the spring of 1905.
OF the forty n charter members
three were Rawlins woolgrowers-
VIM. Daley, Frank A. Hadsell, and
kleber II. Hadsell. In 1916, but
one year later, the membership was
increased to approximately 800
members.
Mr.. J NJ. Wilson, the present head
of the sheepmen's organization, was
the first president of the association,
John w. Hay. of Rock Springs, was
vic president and George S. Walk
err. of Cheyenne, secretary. These
Officers remained at the head Of the
organization for several years.
The second convention of the As
ISOLATION was held in Casper, on
January 1925, 1906. This meeting
was probably the most turbulent
meetirg ever held by the Association
and was widely attended by sheep
men from all parts OF the state. The
chief causes of dissention were rela
tive to the proposal of the Federal
Government to ease the public do
main. and which was bitterly OPP
PN''' ny Nh' "'oi 6loNtIo IL
brought forth a great lea of acri
monious discussion. The o h e r
question avs the administration and
enlargement of the Forest Reserve.
the wool growers being opposed to
the administration at that time. as
well az to the enlargement of any
existing Forest Reserve.
The third convention was held at
Rock Springs. on January Is to II.
1907. The most interesting dis
cussion again involved the control
and leasing of the public domain by
Fedora Government and the Ad-
ministration of the Forest Reserve.
At this meeting the late ]. A. Del
fielder of Riverton was elected
president. the late L. ]. Bell. of
Laramie. vice president and Geo. s.
Walker. secretary treasurer.
The next convention was held in
Laramie. on January 20-23, 1905.
and upon the adjournment thereof
most OF the delegates went to the
Convention of the National Wool
growers Association at e ma 8,
Montana. They chartered u special
train and took the Rawlins band
with them.
The fifth convention was held 1t
liawlins on January lib. 1909.
The sixth convention was held in
Cheyenne IN January IS, 1910.
The seventh convention was held at
Sheridan on December l-3. 1910.
held at Cheyenne on December IL
, 1923-08-02

Cured in the town Of Hanna was
that in which the life OF Joseph
Morris, Jr., was snuffed out.
The young mar vas engaged In
pulling coal cars from the entries
No. 7, 8 and 10 to the main track,
inc pulled the cars with a horse.
He was alone, but a man working
in the vicinity heard him cry whoa,
whoa" to the horse, but just sup
posing that he was perhaps having
a little trouble with the animal, and
as all was then quiet, he forgot the
circumstance Immediately. When
the young man allied to appear at
an entry for the loaded car the
matter was investigated and the
unfortunate boy was found dead.
The car had jumped the track
and was standing on the boys
shoulders. His neck had been brok-
en-, his chest was crushed and his
J back was broken. Death had been
instantaneous.
The funeral occurred on Monday
afternoon. Services were conducted
by Rev. Malorie.
Owing to the many friends who
had collected to attend the funeral
the body was taken to the Opera
house, which afforded a great deal
more room than the churches. The