Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1919 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Conntry. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cittss and Towne—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Placea. EXPERTS CALLED TO OPEN SAFE Attempt to Rob Hank at Poneto Ih Failure. Bluffton, Ind., April 5. — Robbers made an unsuccessful attempt last night to rob the Farmers’ State bank at Poneto, which is southwest of Bluffton, In Wells county. When officials went to the building to open up for business today they found that the lock on the vault doors had been; jammed, but that the yeggmen had failed to get inside. Local banks advanced money to the Poneto institution to conduct its business until lock experts, who were summoned at once, succeed in getting the vault door open and repairs are made. Several robberlee of banks in small towns in northern. Indiana recently have taken place, leading to the belief that all were committed by members of the same group.