Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1919 — MONTICELLO JUNK DEALERS LOSE $2,000.00 IN HIDES. [ARTICLE]

MONTICELLO JUNK DEALERS LOSE $2,000.00 IN HIDES.

Fur skins, which were valued at almost two thousand dollars, were stolen from the junk shop of Samuel and Albert Margowsky at Monticello Monday night. The furs which were taken consisted of skunk, fox, muskrat, coon and mink, and were among the most valuable that were in the shop. The theft was committed some time after 11 o’clock Monday night, and the thieves gained entrance to the shop through a -rear window which had not been securely locked. A- hundred dollars’ reward has been, offered for the return of the fur. The Margowskys are among the best known fur dealers in this section .of the state and have skins to the value of several thousands of dollars in their possession. —