The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-04-07
MASKED ROBBERS
GAG MARSHAL AND
DYNAMITE A BANK
Bank Breakers Make Escape
and Are Pursued by Automo-
bilists-Reward Up

=, randolph, Neb., April 6-Robbers.
three In number. broke into the First
NATIONAL bank here between 2 and z
O'Clock this morning, dynamited the
vault and safe and secured $4,000 in
goid and currency, afterward making
their escape.
1t required seven explosions Of
dynamite to blow the vault open. hut
aside from Marshal ]. ]. Carroll. who
was blindfolded, gagged, relieved OF
ms gun and locked in the closet in
the pack part Of the bank the citizens
or the town were In ignorance of the
deed, until Carroll made his escape
and told Of his experience.
There were three men I'm the gang
or yeggmen. and they captured Cars
ron on the street. taking him to the
guarded by one Of the robbers, while
the other two went to a blacksmith
shop and secured hammers, drills and
other tools, after which they broke in
the front door of the bank. They
then let the guard with Carroll in at
the rear door and placed the marshal
In the closet. where he was forced to
remain while the bank vault and safe
We're wrecked. Some time after the
ROBBERS had secured their booty and
departed he managed to slip off the
gag and blindfold, forced his way out
OF the closet and gave the alarm. but
the robbers had made good their es-
cape from the scene Of their depreda.
tions.
Robbers Are Traced.
A posse of citizens In automobiles,
gave chase as soon as the crime was
made known at 8 o'clock this
morning. According to parties living
at Pierce, IL miles southwest of here,
three men were seen, answering the
general description given by Marshal
Carroll. One Of the robbers is report
ed as being Of medium stature and
wearing suit Of gray clothes, while
the other two are large men dressed
In dark clothes. Marshal Carroll did
not get an accurate view of the faces
OF the men who wore black strips Of
cloth over their faces
team was stolen last night IL
miles south of here and It is supposed
that the robbers secured the rig for
the purpose Of driving here and MAX
ing their escape after the robbery was
committed, though there are some evil
dences that they escaped by the aid
Of an automobile.
The First National bank is one of
the numerous institutions of which
James F. Toy. Of Sioux City, is presi-
dent and large stakeholder, and Is
capitalized at $4,000. John oliver is
vice president ana +. 3. Stegge Is
cashier. The amount Of the robbery
Is understood to be fully covered by
insurance. Mr.. Toy has offered re-
ward Of $4,000 for the capture and
conviction Of the robbers, and while
the trace Of the men at Pierce may be
a correct clue, the impression prevails
that the robbers operated from Sioux
City, where there Is said to be a
fence" for criminals OF this charac-
ter.
The sheriff of Cedar county arrived
early this morning and is directing
the work Of spreading the net for the
bank breakers, but the only clue now
known does not promise their early
capture.
A remarkable feature Of the robbery
Is that although there were seven ex-
plosions with power enough to tear the
vault apart and twist the doors from
their fastenings and rend the safe, the
only people, except the imprisoned
marshal who heard the explosions,
thought that 1t was thunder, and the
first knowledge of the robbery was
conveyed by Marshal Carroll after ne
made his escape.