Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1912 — ABANDONED HOPE OF CATCHING ROBBERS [ARTICLE]

ABANDONED HOPE OF CATCHING ROBBERS

Medaryvllle Bank Officials Gave Up In Despair After Discovering Hand Car Upset in Elver.

The Medaryville First National Bank officers gave up all hope of capturing the bank robbers Tuesday evening after spending a busy day with Sheriff Tilden and his bloodhounds. The dogs were not with the sheriff on his hunting trip but were brought from LaPorte and placed on the trail In four hours after the bank was robbed. The dogs went to the railroad track and turned south for about two miles and then circled about in a cornfield and back to Medaryville. The information about the stolen handcar at San Pierre and the finding of the car dumped off the bridge and into the Kankakee river at Wilders had reached Medaryville in the meantime and the dogs were placed on the trail and vent to' Wilders, a distance of about 18 miles. There the trail was lost again and it is quite certain that the burglars boarded a train for Chicago. Among other money taken by the burglars was S4O worth of pennies. These proved too burdensome and were thrown from the handcar near Medaryville. Several pieces of silver were also found near the track where the handcar had evidently been stationed,' also an overcoat, which had been stolen from the bank but abandoned at the track. The Massachusetts Bonding Co., in which the bank was insured against burglary, offers a reward of SIOO for the arrest of the thieves. /