The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-12-22
HOPE CONFESSIONS
WILL REVEAL TWO
OTHERS IN HOLDUP
Kise Certain Men Involved in
Minneapolis Killings
Took $4,000 Here
WHITING IDENTIFIED TWO
Lucky Break" Results in Cap
ture by Twin Cities
Police Sunday

Four men who are known to
have raided the Third North
western National bank in Min
neapolis last week have been
identified as members of the
gang of six who raided the State
Bank and Trust company of
Redwood Falls September %
and escaped with $4,000 in
cash and some securities.
The men, who are held in Mime
apolis, were viewed by E. w. Whit
ing, bank teller; Sheriff L. J. Kise,
George A. Barnes, county attorney
and Leon H. Brown Tuesday. Whit
ing definitely picked two of the men
as having worked on his side of the
bank during the holdup while Kise
and Brown declared they saw one Of
the four, Lawrence De Volt, in the
city on one or more occasions. The
other two have been identified by
bank employees and witnesses from
photographs and Sheriff Kise declar-
ed Wednesday that there is no doubt
about their having taken part in the
robbery.
Hopes of capturing the other two
men who staged the bold holdup here
now hinge on possible confessions of
the four men held. This hope is
strengthened by the fact that one of
them faces probable death sentence
in, ! bo tn TO
Since three murders are connected
with the Minneapolis robbery the four
men held will be tried in Minneapo-
lis where convictions and life sent
ences are regarded as certain. Should
their confessions implicate others
who took part in the robbery here,
they probably would be brought here
for trial.
Shot Missouri Police
Authorities from K;rksville, Mis-
souri,, have positively identified Law
renee De Volt (alias De Vol, Barker
and Barton) as the man who shot
down two policemen there early one
morning this summer when he drove
into filling station and they noticed
guns in his car. They asked him to
get out for further inspection. AS
ne backed from his car he whipped
out a revolver and fired several shots
which struck both men IN their 40
domens. He sped away and had not
Ceen located until captured in Mime
apolis.
The Kirksville men declare she will
burn" meaning be electrocuted, if
released to them. 1t is this threat
that may result in a full confession
of the Redwood Falls job and others
in which they are implicated.
Sheriff Kise is certain that De Volt
was in Redwood Falls during the
paving celebration lat summer and
during the county fair and that he
worked in connection with midway
attractions as an outside man." 1t
was probably during such visits that
plans for the robbery were laid.
Brown also identified De Volt as hav-
ing been here during the paving cele
bration.
Other State bank employees may
be taken to Minneapolis next week
to further identify the bandits. This
will be delayed, Sheriff Kise stated,
until Twin Cities police have finished
with questioning and attempting to
force confessions and until witnesses
of other robberies have had time to
view the prisoners. This is now TAX
ing up most of their time and until
it is over Kise will not have an OPP
portun:ty to question the men per-
sonally.
Witnessed 'ShOw-Up"
The Redwood Falls men witnessed
"show-up" during which the pris-
oners were forced to walk and talk
on stage under bright light. Other
prisoners about the same size and
dressed similarly were paraded with
the suspects to make identifcat;ons
more reliable. Witnesses picked their
men without opportunity to compare
notes.
The arrest of the four men defin-
tely linked with the Minneapolis rob-
berry and killings came about quite ac-
cidentally. Harold Burton, Associated
Press employee, had returned home
from work about l a. m. Sunday and
was engaged in card party at st.
Paul apartment house when a drunk