Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1915 — TAPPED TILL AT MONON DEPOT [ARTICLE]

TAPPED TILL AT MONON DEPOT

Thief Galas Entrance While Passengers Sit in Adjoining Room In Blissful Ignorance. The thief vrtio has been making a practice of tapping the till in the various depots about Lafayette, Saturday night visited the Monon depot at Monon, and got away with $20.19. The robbery was discovered by the night ticket agent, shortly before southbound passenger train No. S reached Monon, at 11:35 Saturday The thief gained entrance to the ticket office by prying open the window in the ladies’ .waiUatr room. Several men were in the men’s waiting room from the time the agent left until he returned, but none of them noticed anything wrong, and all were somewhat surprised when they discovered that the robbery had been committed. Monon Special Agent John A. Hayes was rrotff' fled of the robbery and went to Monon Sunday morning.