Evening star., 1935-04-08
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Man Held as Suspect in
Montreal Robberies to
Waive Extradition.

Police believe the dapper suspect
arrested here in connection with SEN
Sstional bank robberies in Canada
was building up Washington front"
with stolen funds while planning local
jobs.
Alfred Jean DesrocherS. alias LIE
Blanc and Ryan. and an alleged con-
federate arrested in Baltimore are
said TO have robbed four Montreal
banks of 100000 after they had
lived there for many months in lux
ury, making friends in financial cir
cleS
Desrochers, who came here several
months ago with his bride and took
All expensive suite at Woodley Park
Towers, readily admits, police say, that
ne is the man wanted in Montreal,
while declining to discuss the rob-
berries.
His wife and new friends he made
n Washington knew Desrochers as
Alfred Jean LIE Blanc" supposed to
have been an insurance investigator
establishing business here.
Alleged Ally Held.
Information obtained by Washing
ton police who arrested Desrochers in
his five-room suite here Saturday
morning resulted in the arrest in a
luxurious apartment on Baltimore's
best residential street of the alleged
confederate, Walter Gerald Nevin.
The pair were named in lookouts
broadcast by Montreal police follow
ing the robberies in March of 1884.
Desrochers, being held at No. 8
precinct. announced he would waive
extradition. Canadian authorities
have telegraphed they would send for
the pair
Meanwhile, Desrochers' attractive
young wife. whom he had married
under the name of LIE Blanc, was re-
ported iii in her apartment here from
the shock of her husbands arrest.
She was the former Vera Lee Day
ton of Baltimore and Laurel. Md
The bride visited her husband at
the precinct yesterday and tearfully
leproved him for having married her
under an assumed name.
Desrochers told reporters his chief
regret was that he had deceived his
wife and brought grief upon her after
one of the happieSt periods of my
life"
Desrochers denied that he had plan
ned robberies here and declared he in
tended to go straight
The couple said they had met many
charming people in Washington. In
vestigatorS confirmed this. One de-
tective said the couple were associating
with the best people in town." but de-
clined to name any of them.
Desrochers is known in Montreal as
Jean Ryan. When arrested here he
had new automobile, half a dozen
suits of new clothes and about 1000
in American and Canadian currency.
He had outfitted his wife with COM
plete wardrobe of fashionable clothes.
Police said DeSrochers told his wife
he was going to work each day and
he would take his automobile and drive
about the city. He even mailed let
ters on business stationery to himself,
police said, to keep up the deception.
Rewards Offered.
Police here have been informed that
$4,000 rewards each are offered for
Desrochers and Nevin.
Part of the rewards probably will
go to Detective Sergt. E. D. Lambert
of No. precinct, and Detectives Van
Doren Hughes and Robert Bryant Of
headquarters, who made the local ar
rest and obtained information which
led to the Baltimore arrest.
Desrochers' wife brought her mother
from Baltimore to live with them,
along with her pets. poodle and a
large maltese cat. She said her plans
are uncertain now, but she expected
to remain in Washington pending the
local disposition of the case.
Desrochers and Nevin are said to
have ridden to their Montreal rob-
berries in a chauffeured limousine.
They dressed in the finest clothes,
carried canes and visited fashionable
resorts about the city.
Desrochers, police say, admitted he
met Nevin while they we're convicts
in a California prison, where both
we're serving time for hold-ups Police
said Desrochers had served at least
one other term.
Desrochers, a native of Canada, is
Of French parentage. He had a high
school education and learned the up
holstering trade.
While admitting he had the best
time of my life" in Washington, Des-
rochers, at the age of 38, from behind
the bars at No. precinct station, told
reporters with no little sincerity:
Boys, I wish I'd stuck to the up
holstering busineSs!"