Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1899 — LOOT MASSACHUSETTS BANK. [ARTICLE]

LOOT MASSACHUSETTS BANK.

Barzlara Blow Open the r afe and Secure 91,287. The safe of the Ashburnham, Mass., Bank was Mown open at 2:30 o’clock in the morning and $1,287 stolen from the cash box. The thieves escaped. A lot of securities, bonds and paper representing $6,000 or SB,OOO, on which realization could be made, were overlooked by the burglars in their evident haste to get •way. The explosion was a violent on*, completely destroying the office and arousing the entire population. The burglars drilled a hole in the top of the safe, using powder and dynamite, two cartridges of the latter being found.