This is the seventh and final article in a seven-part series of stories surrounding the mystery of who robbed the Oak Saloon in 1910, running from June 18 through July 30.
After their arrests, William Bringhurst and Willard Thompson struck a plea deal with the Salt Lake County district attorney. They promised to plead guilty to robbing the Clift House in Salt Lake City if no other complaints for robbery were filed against them. They were never charged with the holdup of the Oak in Park City.
In a remarkable confession made at the state penitentiary on June 30, 1910, the two men cleared up the mystery of many crimes that baffled the police during the winter and early spring…