Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-06
FROM LARGEST
AGENCIES WORKING ON
CEDAR RAPIDS CASE.
HAVE NO
CLUE TO BANK RoeeER
Abandon Theory That Robber Hid All
Night in Basement Of 6ank-May
Have Followed Teller Perrin Thru
Door, Which Works Automatically
Pinkertons, and Burns Men Busy.

| Cedar Rapids, Aug. 6.-Detectives
from several agencies arrived in Cedar
Rapids Wednesday and Thursday and
+ began working on the Cedar Rapids
National Bank robbery case Several
OF them said they were making prog
ress, but naturally did not make many
t specific statements.
The detectives. however, seem to
Tohie OF the Burns Detective Agency
criminal department. He believes that
the rohbe- did not conceal himself in
the bank all night. There was a much
easier way for professional bank
rohber than that.
The Third street entrance of the
hank is near the vaults and the telIers
cages and is not visible from, the front
entrance or the main lobby of the
bank And this Third street door does
not open directly upon the street but
into q corridor where there is room
for a cigar case, and from which
stairway leads to the second floor OF
the bank building where several at
torneys, including the county attorney.
have their Offices.
Those passing from these offices 10
the street often stop at the cigar cou11-
fer and others walk in from the street
ing cigars they are within two or three
feet Of the bank door.
Bank Door Theory.
This door has a spring lock and q
pneumatic check All the bank Of
acials and employees who enter or leave
the hank before and after banking
hours pass -hru this entrance. Know
ing that the door will close and lock
itself not one of them ever looks be-
hind him 10 see that il does. Invari-
ably a bank euaploye gives the door
a push which sends il wide open and
walks into the bank with rapid step.
Before the door has closed he is into
the corridor back of the teller's cages.
out Of s. ght from the door.
Just inside this door TO the right
there is little writing room and wait
ing room for the lady patrons of the
| bank screened from the lobby by
! porriere. Here a lady may write
note or adjust her stocking without
being observed II the bank crook fol-
! lowed Mr. Perrin thru the slowly clos
ing door he probably stepped into this
| little room and waited for an oppor-
| tune time 70 catch Mr.. Perrin IN
awares. With his eye to an aperture
1 in the p-prtiere he could see the whole
length Of the passaeeway between the
telle-s' cages and the big vault He
could observe Mr.. Perrin open the big
vault doors.
| Other Sleuths on Job.
Gust Patek. detective for the Iowa
No
city Thu. st5ay 10 aid IN ferreting out
the Grim NAL Attorney General Cosson
has sent one Of his agents here The
Burns agency is operating directly for
the Cedar Rapids National Bank. The
insurance companies are expected to
send representatives Of the Piakerton
agency. And the local detectives are
doing all in their power TO uncover the
guilty party.
Cedar Rapids Tow Is the mecca OF
detectives. They are numerous and
they are exerrng themselves TO find
clue TO the mysterious robber VINO
backed Teller Perrin into the money
vault of the Cedar Rapids National
Bank at about 7:o5 Wednesday morn
| ing and slipped out with s2o.o7o with
out dropping a toothpick OF leaving
| the shadow OF a finger print
Two Pinkerton Men.
| Two Pinkerton men are here. The
manager Of the criminal department
for William ]. Burns is here. A rep
resentative from the Office OF Attorney
! General Cosson is here. There are
other crime investigators and sleuths,
including private detectives Of this
city. Chief Burgin and his men, Of
course, are working as hard as all 9TH
ers, for the capture OF the bandit
means great glory for the police de-
partment or the detective agency which
! accompiishes the feat.
| Some Of the sleuths say that the
| bandit was a master and left nothing
! for detectives to work on. Others dis
cuss various theories. AS Is the case
with all detectives, they give out no
real facts if they know any and when
one else off the trail by talking fiction,
! for giving away secrets is most fool
! ish in detective as every one knows.
| The Dig question with the sleuths,
| however, seems to be the identity of
the man. 1t is evident that the agen-
cies sent men Of established ability to
Cedar Rapids. Every one of the men
has a long list OF criminals in his
mind. And every one is trying to work
/ his memory to recall the bandits who
! work after the fashion Of the expert
vino got the big loot in the Cedar Rap
ids bank. And then they work their
prains TO find the men who now are out
of the penitentiary, footloose to follow
F. their career of crime. The proposition
/ Is to find the men Of the caliber OF
John Bowman, "Stiek" Austin, and
Floyd Nolan and to locate them and
! then find out Whistler they we're IN
Cedar Rapids recently.
| Did He Have Sweetheart7
One sleuth is working on the sweet
heart theory. He wants to find the
woman, for he believes that the bandit
while perfecting his plans here had
plenty Of time to throw away and used
this time to enjoy himself In q career
OF romance Did the bandit forget
himself enough to drop hint to the
woman? That Is the big question with
this sleuth. He believes that by And
ing the woman he will find the bold
gunman, for 1t is his opinion that the
woman who can hold secret does not
exist.
The city is full Of theories. Citizens
have turned sleuths on an amateur
scale and in all public places one can
hear all kinds OF advice on how to
catch tfe robber And all theories are
considered probable, for ono never
knows what mistakes q criminal win
make.