People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1896 — Burglars Wreck an Iowa Bank. [ARTICLE]

Burglars Wreck an Iowa Bank.

Burlington. lowa, March 18. —Burglars damaged the Bradley bank at Moulton, Towa, to the extent of $3,000 Tuesday morning at 3 o’clock. They gained entrance through a rear window and attempted to blow open the vault. It is evident they ptfHfc too great a charge, .for the entir\ building was wrecked and the vault blown to pieces. The explosion awakened residents of the town, but the thieves escaped. Bank officials claim no money was taken.