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her : ? exployes whe was in the bank at the time of the robbery ena kidnaped by the «~ robberse a oo ’ . oo Te finding of the key ring with the nam of the Cloud County Renk on it in the car know: to have been in possession of A. Certer recalled these events end it appeared that the key ring mey have been stolen from >...” the Cloud County Bank. It was learned through the Sheriff's Office, 7s... Concordia, Kanses, severe] months leter that a large number of bonds had - .- been returned to the bank and it was believed that should the negotiations : for the bonds be retraced it might lead to inforcation which would cause the . apprehension of Karpis ent Barker, or furnish other information of value in this casee = _—y Pee es, , One a te . a . yo beputy Sheriff Don Barrett, Concordie, Fansas, advised that in addition to the identification of EKarpis and Berzer @ young wooian who works at a hamburger stand across from the bank and who elso was kidnsped, ddentified the photograph of Sam “aren, alias Sam Terrin, as one of the gang who robbed the bank. He steted that Terrin wee in custody either in Chicsgo or Minneapolia, Minnesota; that « atete warrant hed been issued in Kaneas for Terrin but he had established ar alibi that he was in jail in Kinneapolis on July 26, 1982; that efforts were being made by the State Sheriffte Office, Lincoln, Nebraska, to return Terrin to Nebreske for robbery of the bank at Fairbury, Nebreska, subsequent to the robbery of the Cloud National Banke ~ 7 lr, Barrett stated the negotiations for the return of the . bonds te the Cloud County Benk, Concordia, Kansas, were carried on through Charles Funt, a criminal attorney at Concordia, and from whom little informa- tion could be expected. : Sole. Lo a soem eet a V4 T. We Wright and Chic Peck, officers of the Cloud County Bank, ’ steted that Charles Hunt accompanied John Wilcox, an ecployee of the bank, to Minneepolis, Minnesote, to recover the bonds; that Hunt went along as the - attorney for the benk at the request of the officers of the bank, They advised that the bonds recovered were valued at approzimately $240,000.00 and the sum of $16,000.00 was paid for the return of them; that the negotia- tions were carried on in Kinneapolis, Minnesota, by We S. Gordon, & represernte . tive of the Burns Detective Agency. They atated the negotiations were coh- fidextial and the details were never furnished to the officere of the benk. These officers were advised ell information obtained would be in confidence and would not involve the banke ‘_ Yr. Vright and bir. Peck fuyther atated that the bank never at any tim distributed key rings with the name of the bank on them; that the on) advertising done by the distribution method was a gonll coin purse such as would be cerried by a child. They advised, however, thet on numerous oCth&e « sions vendors have been in Concordia and atamed out rings and identifice- tions for people, such as he himself carried on his key ring, and it was ee pe ie ee em ee,