Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1914 — Big Four Station at Fowler Visited by Thief. [ARTICLE]

Big Four Station at Fowler Visited by Thief.

When G. S. Ramey, night operator at the Big Four station at Fowler, returned from breakfast Sunday morning, he discovered that the till in the office had been tapped and that $14.50 in money had been taken. When Mr. Ramey left the office about 7 o’clock, he left the money drawer unlocked. Suspicion points to a tramp .Who had Jbafed around 'the depot all night, tie was at the depot when Mr. Ramey left, but was nowhere to be seen when he returned. The thief gained entrance through a .window and the money taken was all in currency except 50 cents in change. It is the first robbery 'that has occurred at the depot in about a year.