Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1906 — About Tony Strickfaden’s Robbery. [ARTICLE]

About Tony Strickfaden’s Robbery.

More definite details have been received regarding the robbery of Tony Strsckfaden’s safe at Monou, Thursday night, or early Friday morning. It seems] that either Tony forgot to lock the outer door ofhis safe that night, or else the burglars were able to work the combination, for that .door was found open and uninjured. , The inner steel door was blown - out, while still another door to a smaller compartment was taken away entirely, as well as the drawer in this compartment. Tony had $l9O in money in the safe and two fine diamond rings, as well as various valuable papers, in eluding insurance policies and others, aud some of which papers he thinks can not be duplicated, and in that case be estimates his loss at about SI,OOO. Tony lost the big end of several years’ savings here, in the McCoy bank, and this socond big robbery now hits him pretty hard. The cash he lost was some he expected to use in a few days, to pay his saloon license with. The burglars seem to have been professionals, from the methodical way they went to work, including the usual preliminary breaking intoa blacksmith shop to obtain tools. They also took care to pry open a back yard gate and the back doors of both saloon and pool room before attacking the safe, evidently to provide a -quick w-ay of escape, if they were -disturbed during the robbery.