Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1901 — SAFE-WRECKERS IN IOWA. [ARTICLE]

SAFE-WRECKERS IN IOWA.

Cnglamen Cue Explosives to Rob Two Western Bunks. Des Moines telegram: The bank of Arispe was entered by two robbers, who blew open the safe* with nitroglycerin, knocking out a portion of the front of the one-story brick building. About $450 was secured by the robbers, who left their safe-blowing tools in the bank. While the robbers were at work a heavy rainstorm was in progress. The sheriff, with a posse, is following the robbers, who were seen to leave town. Matlock, lowa, telegram: Burglars looted the Bank of Matlock of $2,000, of which S3OO. was silver. There were six men in the gang, all heavily armed. Four kept guard while two went inside. Three heavy shots of dynamite were fired, waking a good many people. The safe and vault were wrecked and the building is badly wrecked. An old man in an adjoining building was compelled to go back to bed and keep still.