Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1910 — BURGLARS ROB THE STATE BANK OF WOLCOTT. [ARTICLE]

BURGLARS ROB THE STATE BANK OF WOLCOTT.

jh Blow Open the Safe, Securing Eight Hundred Silver Dollars, arid Escape in Stolen Rig. Burglars entered the State Bank of Wolcott at one o'clock this, Friday morning, and blowing open the safe with nitro-glycerine, secured eight hundred silver dollars and some small" change, and made their escape. The explosion was heard by a number of citizens, but no attention was paid to the noise, as it was thought to be made by passing Automobiles. The safe, which cost about $1,500, was almost ruined, the door being blown off and destroyed. After the robbery the burglars stole a horse and buggy and escaped. The rig was driven to the outskirts of Monticello and abandoned, where it was found the next morning. The burglars probably boarded an -early morning Train there and may have passed through Rensselaer on a north bound Monon train and reached Chicago before the burglary was discovered. The«Amnk is owned by a stock company, Dubell being the president of the institution. The bank was insured against loss by burglary. The citizens of Wolcott are much excited over the robbery.