Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1915 — Automobile Bandits Open Five Safes At Brookston. [ARTICLE]

Automobile Bandits Open Five Safes At Brookston.

Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 4,—Two safes were blown and three others -were robbed early this morning at Brookston, north of here on the Monon railroad. The two yeggmen came into town in an automobile and escaped without danger. The places visited were: Bell & House elevator, safe opened and money drawer “jimmied,” $41.15 taken; 11. E. McCulley, safe blown, nothing stolen; B. Thompson & Co., drug store, safe opened and money drawer “jimmied” without reward, $5 taken from cash register; Breckenridge & Son, hardware store, safe opened and ransacked, $-2 taken from register. The two safes which were blown were wrecked. Residents of the town heard the muffled explosions, but paid little heed to them.