  Using 3.07 ${pb}^{-1}$ of data collected in the energy range 0.60-0.97 GeV by
CMD-2, about 150 events of the process $\epm \to \pch$ have been selected. The
energy dependence of the cross section agrees with the assumption of the
$a_1(1260) \pi$ intermediate state which is dominant above 1 GeV. For the first
time \fourpi events are observed at the $\rho$ meson energy. Under the
assumption that all these events come from the $\rho$ meson decay, the value of
the cross section at the $\rho$ meson peak corresponds to the following decay
width:
  \Gamma(\rho^0 \to \fourpi) = (2.8 \pm 1.4 \pm 0.5) {keV} or to the branching
ratio
  B(\rho^0 \to \fourpi) = (1.8 \pm 0.9 \pm 0.3) \cdot 10 ^{-5}.
