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Show EXPERTS IN CUSTODY 8F POLICE Charged With Robbery of First National Bank of Monrovia j Los Angeles, Maroh 29. Charles S. Martin of Cincinnati and Ernest W. Sundin of this city, safe and lock! experts, ex-perts, were arrested today and implicated impli-cated by charges filed against them, In connection with Allen Goorge Beatty, in the robbery of the First National Na-tional bank of Monrovia on the night of December 14th last, Sundin has a store In this city and is a lock expert" and key maker. Martin Mar-tin is a former employe of the Dle-bold Dle-bold Safe & Lock company or Cincinnati Cin-cinnati and was employed to Install the vault in the new building of the Monrovia bank. Beatty, who was arrested in Dayton, Ohio, a few days ago, and brought to this city, has made a long written confession, con-fession, in which he alleges that Martin Mar-tin planned to rob the bank and Interested In-terested himself and Sundin, the confession con-fession clears away all tho mystery of the robbery, in which $29,200 in gold and currency was taken from the vault of the bank without a clue being, be-ing, loft for the detectives to work on. Beatty alleges that Martin, while In charge of the work, purposely lett tho locks in such condition that it was easy for Beatty and Sundin to open the vault and the safe within the vault, without tampering with the locks of either. |