Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1916 — YEGGS PAY VISIT TO FRANCESVILLE [ARTICLE]

YEGGS PAY VISIT TO FRANCESVILLE

Same Gang That Worked at Morocco Steal Ford Car and Obtain S6O In Money at Elevator.

The same bunch of yeggs that visited Morocco Wednesday night, chose Francesville as their next stopping place Friday night, and chose the same methods of working that they did in the Newton county town. The discovery that the robbers had paid Francesville a visit was not made until this Saturday morning. It seems that the band are confining tljeir efforts to small towns, where there is no police protection, and find their work easy. Other small towns in this vicinity should take heed and be. on the lookout for the strangers. Two young fellows came into Francesville on the evening train Friday and loafed about the streets during the streets during the evening, but no particular attention was paid to them. It is supposed that they are the fellows who committed the burglaries. ' ' '

The robbers first went to a blacksmith shop, where some tools were procured, the same as they did in Morocco. From the blacksmith shop they went to the Timmons garage, where a new Ford automobile belonging to Frank Markley was stolen, and also some robes and blankets, whicn they probably intended to use to muffle the sound if they found it‘necessary to blow a safe. Thus prepared, they went to the Crabb-Reynolds and Taylor elevator, where they worked the combination on the safe and obtained about S6O. So far as it known they visited no other places. It is supposed that the robbery occurred about 1:00 o’clock, as residents of the city heard an automobile going south about 1:30. No trace of the machine had been found this Saturday morning. The fact that several wore in the bunch that visited Morocco, while only two were at Francesville, leads to the belief that the gang splits up and in that way make two or three towns the same evening. There is little doubt that they are a band >f professionals, well versed in safecracking, as their work is done with so little noise.