Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1898 — ROBBERS MAKE BIG HAUL. [ARTICLE]

ROBBERS MAKE BIG HAUL.

Waldrbn, HL, Safe la Blown Opea aad - Looted. Promissory notes, some of them negotiable, valued at >17,000. and >SQ in money was the booty secured by expert robbers who forced open the door of H. Y. Swan's office in the village o< Waldron. lIL. and blew open the safe with dynamite. Fran the skillful manner in which the work was performed Chicago men are suspected. A hole was drilled in the safe doorand the combinaticAi blown out. Tbe hinges were torn off. Portions of a burglar's kit were found on‘the floor with some tools that had been taken from a blacksmith shop close at hand, forcibly entered by tbe thieves. ji'