Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1899 — Bandits Raid a Town. [ARTICLE]

Bandits Raid a Town.

Four bandits rode into the town of Vian, I. T., on the K. & A. V. Railroad, and while three of them stood guard, the fourth broke into Allen Bro#.’ general store, dynamited the safe and secured $l5O and a number of checks. The Vian Trading Company's store was next visited. Here the safe was also blown open and S2OO taken. Citizens appeared in the streets, but were driven back by the fire from the bandits' revolvers. The robbers then rode off.