Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-12
EMPLOYEE OF BANK At WATER.
LOO HELPS SELF TO FUNDS.
IT 10 ALLEGED.
GAVE MONEY TO GIRL TO
PURCHASE TOURING CAR
Leroy UttsrbaeI<, Formerly Of lnds.
psndsnes, Under Arrest For ,Robbins
eank-kathryn PfaIssraf, Girl in
the Case, Claims No knowledge Of
Lovers Criminal Action.

Waterloo, Sept. 12.-Lured by the
siren song of girl, whose taste for
amusement lay in the direction Of
automobiles and attendant joy rides,
Leroy Utterback, youth 20 years of
age, in under arrest, charged with
grand larceny. Utterback is specifically
charged with having taken $500 in
cash from the Black Hawk National
Bank, where he had been employed for
the past six weeks. The arrest was
made by Chief of Police Dinneen in
company with William E. Webster Of
the Pinkerton force. The accused man
confessed his crime to the detective.
The girl in the case is Miss Kathryn
Pfalsgraf, lis State street.
After the arrest of Utterback the
officers visited the home Of the girl
and she finally told her part in the
story, but she stoutly denied that she
had knowledge that the money with
which she purchased touring car had
been stolen from the bank, yet at the
same time she knew from her CONVEX
sations with Utterback that the bank
was short She claimed that it was
her understanding that Utterback re-
ceived the money by express from an
estate. The reason she gave for pur-
chasing the car herself was the fear
that Utterbacks divorced wife might
appear on the scene and attach the ma
chine for alimony.
The bank has recovered almost the
full amount of the loss, the automo-
bile has been returned TO the garage
from which 1t was purchased and all
that remains is for the young man to
suffer the penalty of his indiscretion.
Statement Of Official.
The disposition Of the money is ac-
counted for In the following way, ac-
cording to a statement made by DR.. F..
W. Powers vice president of the Black
Hawk National Bank this morning:
1T seems that Mr.. Utterback was
enamoured with a young lady by the
name Of Kathryn Pfalsgraf, 115 State
street, Waterloo. Both Of them having
a desire for an auto. accordingly on the
21st Of August. the date Of the first
theft, Mr. Utterback for Miss Pals
frat contracted with the Corn Belt
Auto Company for an Overland, pay
ing 500 on the contract. On the 23d
VI Aus u6ls SAiSS ldASSldA ASPoSlLVA
$500 in currency in the Commercial
National Bank Of this city. This was
the day when the $1,000 was extracted
from the vault. 1t was given to her
by Utterback. On the 2Sth Of August,
Utterback deposited $500 in the Com
mercial National Bank to the credit Of
Miss Pfalsgraf and on the 29th Miss
Pfaisgraf gave a check to the Corn
Belt Auto Company for $500, on the
Commercial National Bank and at the
same time paying the remaining por-
ton in currency, paying for the car
with equipment and accessories
$1012.50. Utterback confessed to the
crime and accounted for the money as
follows:
THE automobile $1.o1o.5o. robes SIS
clock So. Paid loan company s1O9.
cash on his person s37. paid for oil
and gasoline s3s, gave to his brother.
Thomas, about $40. He had hidden in
fruit jar in the basement Of the home
in which he rooms $3.50. which accounts
for practically all Of the $500.
THE loss to the bank will he prac-
tically nothing as the auto and access
SORES. cash on his person. and 1888
found in the jar. together with other
personal property have been returned
to the rightful owners"
Utterback Of Good Family.
Leroy Utterback Is about % years
Of age and is a son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Utterback, of Independence.
Iowa. The parents are we'll known and
highly respected in the community
where they reside. Leroy is a gradu-
ate Of the Independence high school
and the Cedar Rapids Business college.
After his marriage he moved to
California but he did not find the en-
ployment he desired and for time he
acted as chauffeur for physician.
Trouble arose between Utterback and
his wife, causing a separation. but
from the best evidence obtainable Ut
tarho cl- Voc more Sinped against than