Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1919 — MOROCCO BANK IS ROBBED [ARTICLE]

MOROCCO BANK IS ROBBED

BURGLARS MAKE WAY WITH FROM $25,000 TO $40,000 WORTH OF BONDS. Mieagre details reached this city today telling of. the robbery of the Farmers’ bank at Morocco early this Tuesday morning, the robbers making way with between $25,000 and $40,000 worth of Liberty Bonds, which were contained in the safety deposit box. The robbers madetheir escape and no trace of them has been found. Before entering the bank, the thieves cut the telegraph and telephone cables, destroying all communication with the outside world, and at noon today it was still impossible to reach that city by phone. The men gained entrance to the batdk through the rear door and Jwint about their work so quietly that no one knew of the robbery until the bank was opened for business this morning. It is not known whether the bonds were registered or not. If they are they cannot be converted into cash, otherwise the thieves will have made a rich haul.