Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-12

III SOIIlS 10 pTOleCI
These and other similar EXPLANATIONS.
uttered in half raZed manner by Leo
Perrin, teller of the Cedar Rapids Ma
tional Bank who lies tossing on his bed
at his home, 11o South Second street
west, has led the detectives, bank Of
ficials and others interested in COM
pletely solving the disappearance OF
S2O,070 from the bank vaults to wonder
whether a second man is implicated
IN the robbery.
No Clue to Other Money.
There is no clue to the whereabouts
of the additional $4,000 stolen. Whether
the Jim about whom Perrin raves
may know something Of this big sum
the detectives are unaware, but they
are running down the clew Perrin
is using the name of a banker in
nearby town in his rawlings, and for
that reason the identity of the man he
mentions is not disclosed here.
Messrs. Ferman. Averill and Me-
CURE tried in vain to get information
from Perrin as to what had been done
with the remaining $4,000. In his re-
plies Perrin was uncertain, hazy and
apparently partially unbalanced. Attor-
ney Donnelly says Perrin told him this
amount had been invested in farm
lands and real estate.
Owns Gold Stocks.
Perrin owned considerable Minnesota
land, some gold and copper mine stock.
two and one half acres Of land near the
Edgewood school west of the city, and
his wife is said to have owned two and
one half acres in Johnson avenue in the
same neighborhood. 1t is reported that
the young bank teller also owned ten
acres of Isle of Pines land and had
other property interests.
If he was $4,000 in debt and there
Is little doubling that he was. none OF
the stolen money has been used to
square any of the accounts against
him, according to Mr. Averill who has
had that phase of the situation investi-.
gated. The fact that only one-half of
the money has been returned, that Per-
rim mentions a Chicago man and one
other individual, gives rise to rumor
that another is implicated and 1t is this
angle to which the detectives now are
devoting their attention.
Why Perrin Was Suspected.
When first questioned Perrin said his
indebtedness was $4,000. The detectives
began an investigation, and Perrin adj
mitted later that he owed nearly
$4,000.
The barred door leading to the bank
vault closes >and locks automa tically,
and to open the door it Is necessary to
turn the knob q certain distance and
slip the bolt back. BY actual test no
person who did not know the combina-
ton could unfasten the door is less
than one minute.
After obtaining affidavits from every
employe in the bank it was found that
Perrin was alone only thirty-seven Sec
onds. 1t would have been physical
impossibility for any one to enter the
bank, hold Perrin up and obtain the
money in that time. Perrin was tested
out as to the quickest time he could
work the combination on the vault door,
and could not open ii III less imam
twenty-seven seconds.
While Perrin was being questioned
at the bank on one occasion he asked
to be excused for moment. and went
to the toilet room. He was found In the
room a few moments later destroying
papers which he had taken from his
pocket.
The light in the vault, which Perrin
said went out while the bandit was at
work pocketing the packages Of bills,
was at no moment connected that
morning. detectives say.
Perrin's Sign Removed.
The sign. LEO Perrin, Paying Teller"
which hung on one of the cages in the
Cedar Rapids National Bank, was re-
moved yesterday.
Anoher man is in Perrins' accus-
=
given the combination to the vault door
in which the bank money handled by
the paying teller Is kept The combina-
ton is not the same as it was one
week ago.