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PAGE TWOmis or crimesFred Mtilvllle. Who for 48 HoursFought Off Thror Posses, Makes aComplete Confession of His Various Holdups and Robberies.VAU.EJO, ('At , J nut* t? tVltlDR of robberies and attempt'd robin rb p, Fred Mehlllt*, I hr ill fur YlOval lu* bandit, who for lioim fought offth»* three pn****, trailing him. i*u»lwho wnn raptured 40 Benicia ninth a romp Mo c •mfe*Hion to .1corr* oi the i niud pre**A ltd to Dhdrlcl Attorn* \ Joseph M Rallies (1 rot’iiiiin 1'ounlv. Melville,who Is ho hi (ndor n charge if assault lo on mm it murder. Iom his bravado,and after being questioned for hours.finally related hi* earner aiitrc his es*cape from the slaie reformatory iltIon*Melville, who Is marly 81, hut looks like 1*. told of a startling marie* of exploit* if» vnrkMiH Californiacities and town*, lit* statement follow*;Only Twenty-One.My name Is Trod Melville. 1 vat sent to the reformatory at lone under the name of Frank, klolvillc I was horn in Tpur and will be 21 onJuly 2f*. In May, 15*0 7. 1 was wentfrom San Francisco to i*me and innine month* I escaped and was faught in Ban Kranciaco on a bur-glarly charge and gent to lone forone month, then back to San Francisco for trial. 1 was given one year in Folsom hy Judge Caban las and came out February 25. I picked upwith Henry Bmbar, a life termer from Folsom, and wc were both arrestedfor a robbery in San Francisco in February. Unbar got a life sentence In Foiaom from Judge Dunne* I was probated April 26, 1910 l workedevery day for seven month* at Green*wood. J was in San Francisco and at the Burgess ranch :it Walnut Creekf r Fever a I weeks, 1 worked In I^os \ngele* *t different place*. I left1 - \ngeU- und ^ ent to San Bornar-iHp \ I went from there !o Raker-* *d T1 e necond night I wis theret i: ii-d to I old up a saloon In Kern, a* the 21st. rir 22nd of May -»d f! * nix! night I went to the Fast B l- hr ending to hold up thatl in e bit- ct* inged my mind Onv1 . • J\ i ma-ked and held upd In ti e EaM Side Bar and gotabout I JO. I then went lo Fresno■ bout the flrr*t of June I Fayed therein*' day*. The next night I triedNllug s11 OS lrietoshotant!a purlJuctgCoFuLoKlJtiiV1the 1meteonmui bold Up a car. but w a* interrupt- J»*d and I held up a man and womantit the school house »t ibt? end of thecar Une and go! $4* Thun i went toStockton.t ■»ing tl c \ eet rer atgel tin vi*itu pre*-*jilenlt;mensi*iM»n apomhead sendby mi andtomqnc**tll*id uj» Hslooos.t held up the Toll House about one mile outside of Stockton and started 10 hold up a car hut was fought off* ^by the car crew. 1 held up the Bunny | jj-V(.rSouth Bar twice about a one weekbetween the hold-upa and got flitojfirst ami $10 the second time. I we|held up a saloon over on the car line the night before the first Sunny ^ ^South hold-up and then went to Sac-1 wJJJ {ramento and held up a car at the!end of the McKinley Bark line The neat day I look a Rambler bicycle.That night I went Into Sacramentoand held up two saloon* at the race track, I then rod** to Stockton in about ”,(iih seven hours. I had shipped the wheel that night and went to a saloon in Stockton to hold ll up. hut the liar-t*iider took a shot in. me and 1 didn't gramget anything. |I then went back to the Sunn} ; grainSouth saloon and held it up again and ineoi* got h or $S. i left Stockton and crimi went to Livermore. Thli was a week prop* ago Saturday, i held up a an loon and shot a man with my revolver. I then Tin Went to Walnut Creek and stayed at p, tlithe Rogers Hotel, J went to Concord lt;*a*e.the neat day. I didn't do a trick Judglt;there. I wasI then went to Marlines and held .-rvci.p s ^*1 loon nct.r the depot but did T)j» not got any money. I got a watch ilt; tinThis was nay last trick. | furtliI went direct to Port Cost a and to ,-uc Benicia getting there about 1 o'clock indict lit the morning. I got a bed and nm k left for Vallejo about II o'clock the neat morning. I went to Vulb-Jo lo do a trick but when 1 lost my pistol I decided to quit.Melville will be held at Fairfield1*41Thei* i\c •ni Uiuntil all th«* evidence possible i* gath-j Uyt. \•red. lie will proha til) be turned over to the officers of Sacramento.Attorney Haines told him he should be ashamed of himself for holding up the man and woman in Sacramento. As KulUch Willi leaving Uie Jail Mel* vllle called him hack and said I fell you, mister, I am sorry I Held »iprhat man and woman In Bacramcufo.ant^,1Tliinfli-nof coCIS vI Metno pi n111411 liAny * :
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Medford Mail Tribune
Medford, Oregon, US
Sun, Jun 18, 1911
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