Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1912 — BANDITS ARE FOILED. [ARTICLE]

BANDITS ARE FOILED.

After Placing Ties on Track to Stop Interurban Car. Valparaiso, Ind., July 6.—Train bandits late this afternoon placed oak ties on the track of the Valparaiso' and; Northern Interurban Road at a spot beyond Sheridan Beach, on Flint Lake, with .robbery of the passengers as the motive. The scene of the attempted holdup is on a steep incline and the robbers figured the speed of the car would be too great to be checked. In the confusion they intended to rob passengers. The ties' were observed by the crew before the car started the descent of the hill, and it -was stopped within two feet of the barricade. The bandits fled when they observed the car would be stopped.