Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1919 — BANK ROBBERS GOT JASPER COUNTY ROAD BONDS. [ARTICLE]

BANK ROBBERS GOT JASPER COUNTY ROAD BONDS.

When the Farmers’ State bank of Cambridge was robbed on November 11, 1918, among other valuables they secured was three Jasper county road bonds which were the property of Mary Kearney, of that city. iThe bonds stolen were of the series issued for the construction of the Maurice Gorman et. al., stone road in Marion and Jordan townships. They were issued November 15, 1916. The bonds stolen were No. 5, which was for $l9O due May 15, 1920, No. 6, $l9O, due November 15, 1920, and No. 7, $l9O, due May 15, 1921. The J. F. Wild & Co., state bank, of IndianapoJis, had 'bought the bonds and had sold them to the Cambridge band and they, in turn, had sold them to their customer, Mary Kearney. Miss Kearney had the bonds in the Cambridge bank at the time of the robbery. She filed her petition, together with a bond for twice the value of the bonds stdlen, with the county commissioners, who at their session Monday authorized the county auditor to issue copies of the stolen instruments. The bond, which is signed by Mary Kearney, C. W. Moffitt and George A. Williams, indemnified the county against the presentation of the stollen bonds by anyone illegally entitled to them. Moffitt makes affidavit that he is worth $25,000. The order to issue copies of the stolen bonds also provides for their payment at the time they are due.