Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1909 — THIEVES’ EYES ON CHURCH [ARTICLE]

THIEVES’ EYES ON CHURCH

Robbers Try to Steal Cornerstone of New York Edifice. New York, July 30. Repeated efforts to steal the cornerstone of the old Methodist church in South Third street, Williamsburg, have caused a police detail to l>6 stationed there day and night. The structure is being demolished to make way for a new building.

A report has been current for many years that when the cornerstone was laid in 1847 the members of the church deposited in. it many valuable gold coins and articles which would be of great value now.