Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1917 — MEYERS AUTOMOBILE STOLEN [ARTICLE]

MEYERS AUTOMOBILE STOLEN

At Lafayette Saturday and Recovered Few Hours Later. The Ford automobile belonging to G. F. Meyers of this city was stolen at Lafayette Saturday evening but was fortunately recovered a few hours 'later. Floyd Meyers and Worth McCarthy had driven to Lafayette in the machine Saturday and after attending the football games at Purdue drove into the city for a while. They left the car standing at the curb on Ferry street at about 5 o’clock and went to a nearby restaurant to get something to eat. They were not gone more than fifteen minutes but when they returned the car was gone, Which leads to the belief that the thief was watching for a chance to make away with a car. Mr. Meyers promptly notified the police and at the same time offered a reward df $25 for the recovery of the machine. About 3 o’clock Sunday morning a colored laborer named Poole found the car abandoned on an outlying street. He notified the police who in turn notified Mr. Meyers. The lights on the car had burned out, which probably caused the thief to abandon the same.