San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-02
NFESS|ON BY
|. GIRL INVOLVES
MAN IN HOLDUP.
Claims Companion Got Part
Of 500, 900 Kansas City
Bank Loot.
ARRESTED III DENVER
More Than 5000 Found
Hidden in Trunk Belong
ing to Couple.
ARRESTED In DENVER

Denver, Colo, Jan. 2.-Msrtin Ryan,
alias James Martin, arrested here sat
urday night in company with a woman
giving her name as Margaret Yard. was
implicated in the robbery of the Drovers
National Bank, in Kansas City on De-
cember u, in confession made and
signed by the woman, according to the
Denver police. Ryan, although repeat
eddy questioned, has refused to admit
the truthfulness of the statements made
in the confession.
Kansas City authorities have been
notified of the confession and will send
officers at once to return the pair 10
Kansas City. A check by police OF
statements made by the woman since
her arrest and prior to her confession
have shown that the couple had no con-
nection with the bandit gang which
held up a federal reserve bank truck
IN front of the government mint here
and escaped with 100000 in currency.
At the time of the arrest of Ryan
and Miss Yard police found more than,
$4,000 hidden in the sleeves of a coat
IN trunk belonging to them. Accord
ing to the girl, who is 20 years Old.
and who claims she has been married.
she had been employed in a restauran Mt
at 800 East Twelfth street, in Kansas
City. Mo, for shout five months prior
TO meeting Ryan. She met Ryan about
! two weeks prior TO the rotbery, she said,
and they occupied an apartment at 1903
Forest avenue.
Threw BIS on Bed.
On the day of tie robbery. she said.
accoriing TO the police, Ryan came
home about O'Clock in the evening
with bundle wrapped in a newspaper.
Unwrapping il. she declared, he threw
$4,000 in bills on the bed with the
declaration that he had got It from the
| DrOvers National Bank.
Ryan and Miss Yard werp arrested
| at the union depot here saturday night
as they prepared 10 leave for San Fran
cisco.
Details Of the robbery or the perfect
| ing of the pSet are missing from her
confession. Mss Yard declared. they
say, that the only comment Ryan made
| concerning the robbery was that there
was an awful mob Of people in the
| place and waiting around outside" and
I
car outside for then"
Chief of Police Williams announced
Ryan'S record was well known 70 Kan
sas City and Chicago police. The chief
said Ryan he'd SERVED term in a re-
formatOry at Poneisc, n, for a Chi
cago h0IdHp.
Chief OF Detectives tinker declared
Miss Yard told hih the tobbers made
their escape in a stolen Harmon car.
They rode six bloeFs m the car and
then transferred 10 a Ford car, in
which they drove 70 their Headquarters
in Kansas City apartment building.
Wrapped In Newa,apsr.
According to RSHker, Miss Yasd de-
clared Ryan brought a portion Of the
proceeds of the Robbery 20 their resi-
dence wrapped in a newspaper. She
declared. according 20 che Rdlice, That
Ryan threw the bundle Of bils on &
bed and told her be ''gcs Tins down
at the Drover's baRhs"
Ryan and the Others tEeut % CD.
cagO the day Of she rofAryJ" Mes
Yard was quoted by tbe police &C say-
ing. There they divided The 10000,
and I joined them there Iater.
II had no knowledge t3st they had
planned to rob the bank and Odd not
know that Ryan had taken mFt until
he told me just before he made hss
"Ryan and I came to DenwF frcna
Chicago and the others scattered"
In her confession. Miss Yard Is aN
legged TO have said that REan and four
COMPANIONS divided $4,000 v4sieh was
obtained from the Kansas. Cry rob
berry. fS1 i4.s'