The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-20

the banks loss from last weeks
 bold robbery at $2,514. This stated
 sum was arrived at in checking I'D
 and balancing of business during the day of the hold-up. Anchorage's first bank robber is a high-priced work
 man, as it took him less than five minutes to hold up the bank and
 make his getaway with the swag. which was all in currency. The sill yer and gold in the counter tray were untouched. Nor did the bandit attempt to rob the vault, but used it for the s2fe-keeping of Doc Mad den and Mrs. Gelles, along with the other valuables, says the Anchorage Times.
 Three arrests were made yesterday and last night and the three tenn porary prisoners quickly released. There was no substantiating evidence In either case. The town is full of suspects; in fact there are as many suspects as theories and everyone is entitled to a theory.
 But why pick on Uncle Harry Bax- ter, who states he has absorbed enough Sherlock Holmes exploded theories to run a gas plant. It, the bank robbery was, and still is the elastic subject of conversation every place the theorists and embryo detec- tives congregate. It was also a hum- mer for the Times newsboys.
 In all seriousness, the bank robbery was a serious affair; the question of apprehension also is one of moment. Not this moment probably, but in time. No one has offered themselves up yet; but the officials have hopes.
 The federal officials are assisting the local officers in the search for the bank robber. They have lots of clues and are working in harmony. Seward and all outlying stations have been notified of the robbery. Every one is on the lookout for the daylight robber who pulled stunt unequaled in Alaska history For this Anchorage is grateful and the Bank of Alaska will not suffer any financial loss, being fully covered by insurance.
 That the robbery was the work of an artist is admitted Local sleuths have advanced very plausible rou tine of action which includes his (the robber) going east through the alley back of the bank to D street and into the Mckinley, building by the D street entrance; thence up the stairway to the hallway, down the hallway to the front stairs, down the stairs to the Fourth avenue entrance (where he put on his full-faced mask out of the door into the Bank of Alas ka where he locked Madden and Mrs. Gelles in the vault and cooly and calmly collected considerable cur rency and departed by the front door. From then on all trace has been lost. That he departed by the ! front door is a known fact Accord ], ing to the story told by Doc Mad l den, whose proverbial dry vein of hu- nor does not let him look upon the affair seriously, the robber immediate ly locked the front bank door, upon entering yesterday noon, and pulled down the door shade. Doc was prell vailed upon to pull down the window shade and with equal celerity fol lowed the robbers instructions to get in the vault Being a gentleman born Doc allowed Mrs Gelles to precede him in the vault where they passed an uncomfortable ten minutes until released by Mir Mover
 That the robber turned south on Fourth and east through the alley after perpetrating the robbery is sub stantiated by the fact of finding his cap and mask, by Charles Olsen, in the alley back of the Arcade Pool room. The theory has been advanced that he had an accomplice waiting and who acted as lookout. It is also evident that he was a regular yegg, as the robbery was carried out with utmost precision and success.
 Both Madden and Mrs. Gelles state the robber spoke excellent English and was master of himself at all times, showing no signs of weaken ing, nor did the big barreled Colts automatic waver the fraction of an inch when leveled at their middle parts. They very discreetly obeyed the captains instructions implicitly. 1
 There is law, we'll defined, which covers vagrancy; the law applies to