Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-20

nerve to the last When the verdict
was announced Perrin paled slightly
and said, sGod, that's tough"
Perrin received his sentence of five
years in the penitentiary this morning,
He didn't say a word, but assumed the
stolid Indifference which has marked
his behavior during the whole trial.
When court assembled this morning,
his attorney made a motion for new
trial, which was promptly denied. An
endeavor was then made to get the case
certified to the supreme court on writ
of error, but this also failed.
Sheriff Mattson took charge of the
prisoner and will take him to Waupun
on Monday.
The trial of Perrin lasted something
over week. 1t did not take as
long by several days to convict
him as it did to convict Baker The
verdict is just what has been expected.
The crime of which Phelps Perrin
has been convicted after second trial
was the most sensational and mysteri-
Gus bank-robbery that ever occurred in
the state, but the details are too we'll
known to bear anything but a brief rep
etition of the facts. Young Perrin
Iron Exchange Bank at Hurley,
and was trusted more than the
most reputable business man in the
thriving mining town. On the evening
of September l9, 1889, there arrived at
the depot In Hurley consignment Of
SAC, 900 IN gold, silver, and notes, for the
Germania Mining Company, shipped
per the United States Express. The
bank was closed, but Agent Alexander
got Cashier Reynolds to open the vault
and deposit the money there till morn
ing, when it was to be delivered to
the consignee. 1t was generally known
20 Hurley every month about the Goth
to pay off the miners. Cashier Rey-
nolds and a friend remained at the
bank till 10 O'Clock From there they
went to a variety theater, and when
they returned at II the vault door was
opened and only few hundred dollars
IN silver remained of the money
placed in the vault an hour
before. The bank officials were sent
for. When Perrin arrived he climbed
up to the transom over the rear door,
which had been opened.
That's where the robbers entered"
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A gentleman present inspected the
place and found half-inch of dust I'M
disturbed, on the base of the transom
This was sufficient to excite suspicion
The vault was opened by someone
who knew the combination. Only Rey-
nolds and Perrin were in possession of
it. They alone could have impaired the
secret. Perrin was watched. Detective
Byrne, of Buffalo. and .'Chacley' Wop
penstein, formerly chief Sf police of
Cincinnati, and then with Pinkerton,
worked upon the case. They connected
him with Ed. Baker, an Ironwood
saloonkeeper who before the robbery
didn't have the price of a
meal and who afterward was in affluent
circumstances. The services of tLou'
Thayer, a pretty variety dancer, were
engaged She installed herself in the
confidence of Baker and wormed
enough out of him to give the officers
valuable cleW. Some of the bills known
to have been shipped from Washington
were found on his person when, after
three months of work, the detectives
arrested the two.
Perrin's friends refused to believe
that such thing was possible, but the
prosecution made out a strong case.
Baker is now serving a fve-year SEN
tence at Waupun.
Scarcely any of the stolen money was
yaaararnd