Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1920 — SOUTH BEND BANK ROBBED; LOSS $11,000 [ARTICLE]

SOUTH BEND BANK ROBBED; LOSS $11,000

Five unmasked thieves walked boldly into the South Bend State bank Tuesday morning, obtained SII,OOO and escaped in a large red Studebaker automobile. The bank was filled with customers at the time the robbery occurred, but the thieves went coolly about their work, one of them remarking, “It’s too bad, but such things have to be done, you know.’’ When last seen the thieves were headed toward Chicago. T. W. Grant, of this city, was in South Bend at the time of the robbery and states. that the robbers went so quietly about their work that aside from those in the bank no one was aware of what was happening. ,