The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-08-23

nerve to the last. When the verdict
WAS announced Perrin paled slightly
and said, "God, that's tough. :
Perrin received his sentence of five
years in the pcntentiary this morning,
He didn't say a word. hut assumed the
stolid Indifference which has marked
his behavior during the whole trial
When court assembled this morning,
his attorney made motion for new
trial, which was promptly denied. An
endcavor was then made to get the ease
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 ii did To convict Baker. The
verdict is lust what has been expected.
The crime of which Phelps Perrin
has been convicted after second trial
was the most sensational and mystcr-
Gus bank robbery that ever occurred in
the state. hut the details are too well
known to bear anything but brief rep
etition of the facts. Young Perrin
was employed as hookkcepcr in the
Iron Exchange Bank AT Hurley,
and was trusted more than the
most reputable business man III the
thriving mining town. bn the evening
of September 10, 1889, there arrived at
the depot in Hurley a consignment OF
$40, 600 in gold, silver. and notes, for the
Germanfa 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 il was to be delivered to
the consignee. 1t was generally known
that large sum of money WAS shipped
to Hurley every month about the 10Th
to pav off the miners. Cashier Rey-
| nolds and a friend remained at the
bank till 10 o'clock. From there they
went To a variety thcatcr, 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"
he said, eXcitcdly.
4 gentleman present inspected the
place and found half-inch of dust un-
disturbed, on the base of the transom.
This was sufficient to excite suspicion.
The vault was opened by someone
! who knew the combination. Only Rcy-
nolds and Perrin were in possession OF
ii. They alone could have impaired the
secret Perrin was watched. Detective
Byrne, of Buffalo, and Charley" WOp-
penstein, formerly chief If police Of
Cincinnati, and then with Pinkerton,
worked upon the case. They connected
him with Ed. Baker, an lronwood
saloonkeepcr who before the robbery
didn't have the price of
meal and who aftcrward was in atiiuent
circumstances. The services of Lou
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 a thing was possible, but the
prosecution made out a strong case.
Baker is now serving iiyc-ycar SEN
tence at Waupun.
Scarcely any Of the stolen money was
racoyereI