Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1917 — ROBBERY AT LEE WEDNESDAY NIGHT [ARTICLE]

ROBBERY AT LEE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Jacks Brothers General Store and Culp & Son Hardware Store Are Broken Into and Robbed. • i Two stores at Lee were broken into and robbed Wednesday night. The robbery is supposed to have occurred about 1:30 p. m., as an automobile was heard in the town at that time. About 2 o'clock this Thursday morning a machine was heard as it passed through MoCoysburg. •The Jacks Brothers’ general store was broken into and a bucket of lard, some tobacco and other articles were taken, and also a small sum of money. It is estimated that the loss of these boys is about SIOO. The store of Culp & Son was also broken into. They have a hardware store and handle automobile supplies and were not able to determine this morning just what loss they had sustained. Otis Jacks came to Rensselaer this morning on the milk train and an effort is being made to apprehend the guilty parties.