Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1915 — Bank Teller Confesses To Theft of Large Sum. [ARTICLE]

Bank Teller Confesses To Theft of Large Sum.

Leo Perrin, deposed paying teller of the Cedar Rapids National Bank, was placed under arrest Thursday night, charged with embezzlement of $20,000 from that institution. Perrin was arrested after he was said to have confessed for the second time that money lost by the bank on Aug. 4, supposedly in a hold-up, really was taken by him. According to bank officials, Perrin explained, however, that the money was not obtained on Aug. 4th. Half of it, they say, was taken a year ago and the remainder on August 3rd. The bogus holdup, Perrin was quoted as saying, was staged the day following the second theft because he feared discovery. Perrin was taken before a justice of the peace; where he pleaded not guilty and was placed under $5,000 bail.