People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1894 — THIEVES CARRY OFF $1,300. [ARTICLE]

THIEVES CARRY OFF $1,300.

Albert Spaulding and His Mother Hobbed Near Vinton, la. Vinton, la., Oct. 24. —Albert Spaulding and his mother, living in the timber '.1% miles east of town, were bound and gagged Monday night about 7:30 o’clock and the house robbed of 81,300 in money. Four hundred was in gold. The woman is a miser and has been hoarding the money for years. The robbers are unknown, but there is a strong suspicion that the thieves are local.