Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1912 — AUTO BANDITS MADE GOOD THEIR ESCAPE [ARTICLE]

AUTO BANDITS MADE GOOD THEIR ESCAPE

Secured ‘ssoo From Elevator at Dyer and Went East Pursued by Sheriff Grant and Volunteer Posse. —.—— ’ ... - _ ■ __._i_i.L_ The details of the robbery at Dyer Friday were printed in the Hammond Times. Five masked men in a big black automobile stopped at the L. Keilmaa grain elevator and implement store and robbed the safe. Mr. Keilman, 75 year® of age, was alone in the store an< * be was drawn out of the office by a ruse. He rushed into the office just as the bandits were leaving. The three men in the rear seat had shotguns or rifles. He hastily spread the alarm and soon all Dyer was excitement. John Keilman, son of the aged elevator man; August Stommel, cashier of the First National Bank; Nicholas Austgen and Dr. J. A. Chevigny set out in pursuit. By the time they had procured firearms, however, the bandits had a ten-mile lead. Sheriff Grant was telephoned to at Crown Point and he manned an auto with men and rifles and set out north, hoping to head off the burglars. The burglars had passed before the sheriff got along, however, and they set out in pursuit. Trace of the men was received occasionally by telephone but the men were not apprehended. It is one of the boldest holdups that has taken place in this part of Indiana in many years.