Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1915 — THIEVES STEAL TIRES FROM AUTO [ARTICLE]

THIEVES STEAL TIRES FROM AUTO

Main Garage Visited Monday Might and Four Tire* Out From Sides of Two Oars. Thieves visited the Main Garage in Rensselaer Monday night and stole four automobile tires. The tires were carried on the sides of two machines and the straps which held them were cut and the thieves hurried away with their stolen booty. Ohe of the tires was a new Ajak, one a new Firestone, one a repaired Firestone and the fourth a new Diamond tire The number of the Diamond tire was 40,673,283. No trace of the thieves was found, except that Nightwatch Critser saw a strange Ford touring car running about the city that night. The theft was reported to the Motorists Security Alliance, of Chicago, and they sent B. D. Way, a representative here. The company insures machines against theft but can not insure accessories. It is probable that the tires will never be recovered and all should take warning to Iqck theif private garages, as the practice of stealing tires is apt to become common.