Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-01
TWO MEN ARRESTED IN OMAHA
ALLEGED LoorERs OF pERsY
BANK.
OVER $500 FOUND IN
POSSESSION OF SUSPECTS
Men in Custody Are Believed to Be
Old offsndsrs-ssoursd $4,000 in
Iowa Bank Haul-Arrsst culmin atsd
Six Days Of TirsIsss Detective Work
Covering Broad Trail.

J. OAaHd, Lee. 1s-JOnN wilson, ar
rested late Tuesday afternoon, and
James Burns, taken in custody We'd
esday by police headquarters detec-
tives, are alleged to be the two men
who. early last Friday morning. cracked
the money safe in the vault of the Der
by State bank, of Derby, Iowa. appro-
priated $4,000 in gold and paper money
and then burned the building. When
searched the men were found to possess
between them more than 5000.
Burns and Wilson. believed to be
desperate men and old-time bank rob-
bers. are kept closely guarded in sep
arate cells at the city Jail awaiting
advices from Derby.
The arrest of the men eliminated
six days of persevering investigation
by operatives of the Iowa and Ne
braska State Bankers associations and
Omaha police detectives under the per-
sonal supervision Of Assistant Chief of
Detectives William T. Devereese.
Detectives thrown about the scene
OF the bank robbery a few hours after
its discovery last Friday morning un-
them to obtain minute descriptions Of
the two men whom, they believed were
responsible. These descriptions We're
wired broadcast. In the meantime
Tip" furnished the authorities at Der
by placed the destination of the pair
as Omaha.
Assistant Chief Devereese, In charge
Of the detective bureau during the ill
ness of Capt. j. II. Savage, was i'm
mediately notified and every detective
and patrolman was apprised of the al
legged presence in the city of the sup
posed yeggmen. Their efforts toward
the capture of the pair were brought
to successful issue in the arrest Of
Wilson in downtown saloon Tuesday
afternoon and in the capture We'd
nesday of Burns.
The latter was taken in custody at
the Union depot, where he was about
to board a train for ST. Louis. In his
possession beside $562.20 were found a
bar Of soap, spoon and a zinc can,
thought to contain nitroglycerine. The
soap and spoon are popular commodi-
ties Of the yeggman and are used In
the application of the liquid explosive
into the crack of a safe. Wilson had
in his possession $57.40.
Burns face is familiar in Omaha,
according to several police officials
present at the time of his arrest. That
both he and Wilson gave fictitious
names is granted by the authorities. A
search of the rogues' gallery is being
made in an effort to establish their
true identity.
The robbery of the Derby State
bank. the crime of which the men are
charged, was particularly daring one
and most destructive from property
standpoint.
The men forced their entrance into
he bank building about 8 o'clock in
&c morning. Thirty minutes later the
crrific explosion, occasioned when the
'afe was blown aroused citizens nearby
nut the source could not be ascertained.
When the money, $4,000 in currency,
rad been extracted, the yeggmen set
ire to the building and made their
escape.
The fire was seen glowing in the
Interior of the structure by the crew
IF a passenger train, who wired back
rom the next stopping point alarming
he residents. The blaze had gained
-uch Roadway, however, that efforts
extinguish it proved futile. It
burned itself out, completely cutting
he building.
Everything in the institution was in
inerated with the exception of metal
ase containing notes and about $500
i silver, overlooked by the robbers.