The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-12-22
HOPE CONFESSIONS
WILL REVEAL TWO
OTHERS IN HOLDUP
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en- man interrupted. After some
trouble the man left the room and
fell through window while attempt
ing to climb a flight of stairs. 1t
was then that Burton discovered he
had gun and notified the police.
Police appeared at the apartment,
were told by the sober man found
there that the drunk was harmless
and were about to leave when he
staggered into the room brandishlng
a gun. They arrested him while the
other man fled. Discovery of bonds
and $1,70O in cash in the room and
a car loaded down with firearms in
a garage in the back yard, led to a
general roundup with a taxi driver
and addresses found in the apart
ment serving as aides. Before morn
ing four of five men in the Minnea-
polls raid had been arrested.
Lawrence De Volt is known to be
the man who stepped to the window
at which E. w. Whiting is teller and
asked to cash a check, just as the
other men stepped into the bank.
Whiting declares he is positive of the
Identification and his opinion is shar-
ed by A. F. Hassenstab, cashier, g..
r. Engeman, teller at the next Win
dow and Miss Mona Leavens.
Whiting also declares that Owen
Lewis is the man who ordered the
bank officials to step to the rear OF
the bank and lie down on the floor.
This opinion is confirmed by H. P.
Peterson, teller at the window at the
extreme west of the bank, who also
believes he can identify Robert New
bern as one of the men who worked
on his side of the bank. Miss Leav-
ems believes it was Newbern who
escorted her to the car which sped
away with she and Mr.. Hassenstab
as hostages.
Mrs. Cora D. Fox and Miss Matilda
Buchholtz, who talked with one of the
men through a screen door in the
rear of the Fox Millinery, believe
Robert Newbern was the man. Mrs.
Fox and Miss Buchholtz saw the
robbers making their getaway and
Miss Buchholtz remarked ''if we had
a gun we could shoot them" Just at
that moment one of the men who was
acting as sentry passed the door and
said, ooh you wouldn't shoot US
would you" The sentry is believed to
have passed through the bank and
may have been seen both by Peter
son and Miss Buchholtz. He may
also have stepped back into the bank
to take charge of the prisoners.
Lawrence Barker, alias De Volt,
and James Cotton, Mrs. Fox stated,
resemble the men who carried out the
money. In this opinion she agrees
with bank employees regarding
Barker but is the first to implicate
Cotton. She is uncertain concerning
the part Owen Lewis, whom bank
employees believe they can identify,
played in the robbery here.
Sheriff Kise, who worked on the
case with state authorities and Twin
Cities police, stated Monday that
Newbern and Lewis were among the
men whose activities on the day OF
the robbery here were checked. At
that time onthing definite could be
determined to warrant their arrest.
He also checked on the record OF
Lawrence Barker, who, also uses the
name of Lawrence De Volt.
Figures found in the Minneapolis
apartment showed that approximate
~ $4,000 was the bandits checkup
of the loot there. 1t had been split
seven ways. Police believe that be-
sides five men known to have taken
part in the raid, two others shared
the proceeds. One probably drove the
second car into which the party trans
ferred the loot in Como park, st.
Paul, while the other may have
planned the affair.
Witnessed Bank Raid