Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 311, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1913 — Farmer Bobbed on Bridge Hear Lafayette by Highwaymen. [ARTICLE]

Farmer Bobbed on Bridge Hear Lafayette by Highwaymen.

George Haan, a farmer living near Otterbein, who was returning from Lafayette In an automobile Tuesday evening at about 5:30 o’eloek, was held up and robbed by five highwaymen on a bridge near Dayton, east of Lafayette. The machine was running slowly and the men jumped out from under the bridge and climbed Into the machine. They procured $45, his watch and some jewelry. Hann hastened to Lafayette and gave the alarm and Sheriff Fisher and deputies went in search of the highwaymen but they found no trace of them. . Mrs. E. H. Shields returned Sunday from a week’s visit in Chicago with her daughter, Mn Elmer E. Malone. Her daughter, Miss Katie Shields, of Brook, also spent the week with her mother in Chicago.