Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1902 — BOLD WORK OF ROBBERS [ARTICLE]

BOLD WORK OF ROBBERS

Safe In the lowa State Hank at Prairie City Dynamited and About 84,000 Taken. Doe Moines, la., Oct. 29. —The 1k>1(1eet bank robbery occurring In lowa in recent years took pluco at ITuirie City early In the morning. The robbers dynamited the safe of the lowa State bank and secured an amount approximating $4,000. They exchunged a fusllade of shots with local officers and escaped. Chicago, OcL 29.—After overpowering the town marshal, five masked men forced an entrance to the Exchange bank at Gardner. Ills., early in the morning and wrecked the safe with explosives. Their laxity was not less than $4,000.