Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1918 — YEGGMEN LOOT REYNOLDS BANK [ARTICLE]

YEGGMEN LOOT REYNOLDS BANK

NQ CLUE IS LEFT BY ROBBERS, WHO TAKE BONDS AND JEWELRY. Reynolds, Oct. 8. —Fifteen safety deposit boxes in the Reynolds bank were pried open and their contents looted this morning at 3 o’clock. About $1,500 worth of War Saving stamps and postage stamps were taken. Four masked men drove up in front of the bank in a large black touring car with red wheels. Two entered the building, one acted as lookout across the street, while the fourth covered Fred Dukes, a restaurant proprietor, who was the only witness to the robbery. Dukes was prevented from giving the alann by the . bandit, who covered him with a gun. The combination on the safe had been molested, but the safe was not broken. It was impossible to open the safe after the thieves left. An estimate of the loss could not be made, however it is feared that a large amount of jewelry and securities were taken. The robbers left town in their machine, traveling west, and there is no clue to their whereabouts.