Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1912 — SAFE CRACKERS OVER AT KENTLAND [ARTICLE]

SAFE CRACKERS OVER AT KENTLAND

Blowed Open Sole In Dowling Meat Market And Overlooked Sack Kentland Enterprise: The safe in Dowling’s meat market was blown open Tuesday night but ajsack containing $61.00 in cash was overlooked. It was a neat Job and shows the handiwork of an expert. Entrance was gained through a window in the rear of the building. By the use of a chisel a small Indenture was made near the upper seam of the door, and presumbly nitroglycerine was poured in., The door was crumbled into a hundred pieces, the plate being hurled through the end of a counter and up against the refrigerator. The little steel box, common to such safes, was pried loose and carried away. Its contents consisted of a pair of hand-cuffs, a pipe and some papers and notes. A sack containing about $61.00 had been thrown in the bottom of the safe the evening before and was missed by the yeggmen. The explosion occurred about 2 o’clock, and was heard by some of the residents living nearby. There are getting to be entirely too many fires and burglaries in Kentland. A night watch should be put on duty and some of the offenders landed behind the bars.