Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1899 — A Safe-Blowing Epidemic. [ARTICLE]

A Safe-Blowing Epidemic.

Judging from the numerous safe robberies in northwestern Indiana during the past two weeks, there is an organized gang of safeblowers at work in this seetion of the state. On Tuesday night of last week the Reynolds bank was robbed of about $3,000 in cash. Friday a safe was blown open in the Dowling saloon at Morocco, but the burglars found no money. A horse and buggy was stolen from J. D. Law’, of Morocco, on the same night, presumably by the safe blowers, Saturday night the safe at the coal road depot in Mt. Ayr was blown open, but only a small amount of postage stamps was in the safe. On the same night an attempt was made to rob a bank Ht Camden, Carroll county, but the would-be robbers were frightened away.