Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-25
TWO BANDITS HOLD UP CASHIER
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AND
ESCAPE.
MAKE GETAWAY IN
HIGHT POWERED AUTO
Cashier Compelled to Hold Up His
Hands While Vault and Till Are
Robbed of Gold, Silver and Bills
Officers of Central Iowa Notified and
Are Conducting Search.

| Newton, April 25.-A bold daylight
! bank robbery was staged at Naleria
late yesterday afternoon. Two armed
auto bandits got away with $4,000 in
gold, silver and bills.
Authorities in every county in cen
trail Iowa are on the lookout for the
two bandits. The men made their es-
cape in a high powered auto. Within
five minutes after the robbery, the an
thorities Of Jasper county were noti-
lied as were also Sheriff Griffin and
the Des Moincs police department.
The holdup was clevery planned
and executed by the two bandits. The
men were first seen in Valeria about
noon. They drove about the town for
several hours. Nobody paid very much
attention to them.
a few minutes after noon. Cashier
j. A Small. of the valerfa bank
closed up the bank and drove over to
Mingo to attend to some business
matters. He returned few minutes
after 8 p. m. and went in and opened
the bank vault.
Used Big Touring Car.
Just a few minutes after the cashier
had disappeared inside the front
doors Of the bank, the big touring car
with its two occupants swung up
alongside the curling. One of the men
jumped out and hurried inside the
bank. The other sat at the wheel Of
the car and kept watch.
Cashier Small heard some one come
in and he stepped out of the vault to
lock into The barre! &C big Colt
revolver
Stick EN- up and do it d-n
quick ordered the bandit.
Small raised his bands. The bandit
backed him into the vault, after coll
lecting about $4,000 in gold and silver
and bills, which he found in the vault
and the cash till. The money was
hastily stuffed into gunny sack. The
robber paid no attention to several
hundred dollars in one dollar bills,
taking only currency Of larger denom
nations.
Couldn't Lock Vault.
After he had taken most of the
money in sight, he tried to lock the
cashier in the vault. He fumbled a
few minutes with the lock and then
gave it up.
TN shoot you if you come out" he
finally admonished the imprisoned
cashier, and hurried out Of the bank.
The bandit jumped on the running
board of the car and the pair speeded
out of town. The car passed houses
at the outskirts of the village going at
the rate of about sixty miles per hour
Two miles out of town farmer saw
two men answering the description Of
the robbers, standing near big car
by the side of the road changing their
clothes.
Cashier Small, as soon as he heard
the door close, hurried out of the
vault and notified City Marshal Woods
Of Colfax. Sheriff Cove OF Jasper
county and Sheriff Griffin of Des
Moines. Squads Of deputies and police
were hurried to the scene of the rob-
berry.
One of the bandits was tall and
slender. about middle aged. and was
smooth shaven. The other was about
medium sized, rather heavy set. black
haired, wore goggles, and was dressed
in tan colored auto mechanics suit.
According 10 the bank officials, the
concern is fully protected against the
loss by theft insurance.