Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1918 — 3 MEN WRECK AND ROB BANK [ARTICLE]

3 MEN WRECK AND ROB BANK

Blow Open Vault at Jewett, 111., and ~ Flee With $1,400. ——- Maftoon, 111., March 8. —Three robbers blew open the vault of the Jewett Banking company of Jewitt, 111., and escaped with $1,400. The explosion demolished the concrete front of the building and wrecked the interior; Bloodhounds traced the robbers through Toledo, 111., apd toward Mattoon, where they lost the scent.