Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1892 — GOT AWAY WITH THE SWAG. [ARTICLE]

GOT AWAY WITH THE SWAG.

Bold Robbery of an Expreii* Company at Sarnia, Ont. ~ A bold robbery was committed Tuesday during the dinner hour, whereby a sum of money, estimated at $7,0.6, was stolen from the office of the Canadian Express Company at Saruia. Ont. Tho agent, T. H. Cook, had been ill for about a week and confined to the house. The clerk in charge of the office locked the safe and office at 12:20 o’clock and returned at 12:55 an (l found the safe and office door open and the contents of the safe gone. The entrance was effected by the basement door at the back and the safe opened by a duplicate key, which shows that the robbery was committed by some person familiar with the key and office.