Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-10
DEVELOPMENTS IN CEDAR RAP.
IDS BANK ROBBERY EXPECTED
IN NEXT TWO DAYS.
DETECTIVES THINK RossER
HASN'T LEFT TOWN
Teller Perrin Only Man Who Saw Ban
dit and Only One Who Could Iden:
fifty Him-Mrs. Perrin lneenssd Be.
cause ostsetives Continue to Hound
Husband. II

SeOar kSapl0S, Aug. 1U.-~In6t I'M.
rortant developments are expected
within the next forty -eight hours in
connection with the search for the man
who stole $20.070 from the Cedar Rap
ids National Bank last Wednesday.
was the announcement made today by
a man who is ION the inside" Just
what these Developments will be has
not been divulged, but 1t Is intimated
that an arrest may be made.
The detectives who are working on
that the man who committed the
hold-up and theft never left, Cedar
Rapids. They are unable to understand
how the man could have got away
with every train and every outlet from
the city watched, and with every train
leaving Cedar Rapids still being
searched before reaching the larger
cities. Whether the robber is a Cedar
Rapids man, in the opinion Of the de-
tectives, they have declined to say, but
it is rumored that they have followed
down several clues which may result
in an arrest soon.
Leo L. Perrin, the paying teller who
was forced to unlock the vault by the
bandit, Is home from Chicago. Perrin
was sent to that city by the detectives
to look over photographs of criminals
and examined hundreds of pictures in
the offices of the different detective
agencies. He was unable to identify
the robber in this manner. The Chi
cago man who was at first suspected
Of the crime also proved to be the
wrong man.
Attorney General Cosson is expected
to come to Cedar Rapids this week to
conduct an investigation, and to con-
fer with the state detectives who are
working on the case. Ralph Van Vech-
ten, Of Chicago. president Of the Cedar
Rapids National Bank, Is expected in
Cedar Rapids Wednesday for a con-
ference with the local officials of the
bank concerning the theft.
Mrs. Perrin Ineensed.
That Mrs. Perrin, wife of the paying
teller, who was forced to unlock the
vault doors for the robber is becoming
incensed at the manner in which the
dozen or more detectives have been
flocking to her home. and calling Per-
rim down town at frequent intervals
to be questioned. was demonstrated
when Perrin returned and when the
train arrived at the union passenger
station Mrs. Perrin was there to meet
him.
Instead Of being allowed to return
home with his wife. however, Perrin
was obliged to go to room in the Ho-
tel Montrose for another siege of ques-
tioning. Mrs. Perrin accompanied her
husband to the hotel, but was not al
lowed to enter the room where the
conference was being held, AS a result
she became angry, and informed the
detectives in unmistakable terms that
tn yehad no right, authority or excuse
for the course they were pursuing.
The detectives, however, say Perrin
is the only man in Cedar Rapids, 50
far az car he learned, who saw the
bandit. He is the only man who knows
how the robbery was committed, and
Is the only man who would be able to
identify the criminal. One detective
said today that Perrin has at no time
been given the third degree" as has
been limited about the city, and at no
time has been questioned except re:
yarding incidents connected with the
Perrin was kept in the room
ut the hotel for half hour, and then
to his home with Mrs Per-
rim. He was called to the bank again
today.