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Show IOWA BANK ROBBED. Kohhers Sland OIT Fifty Citizens Who Witnessed Wit-nessed I ho Hohhery. The sale of the bank of Sheldahl, Iowa, was blown up Friday night by robbers, who seemed Sl.'iOO and es- j caped, after holding fifty or more citizens citi-zens at bay with rides. Shortly after midnight a terrific explosion ex-plosion shook the town, and immediately immedi-ately the inhabitants turned out to learnthecause. A glance up the main . street showed the building of the savings sav-ings bank to be in ruins and the timbers tim-bers burning. Fifty citizens rushed to the place to be met by two rifles in the hands of two strangers, who ordered them to halt. As the ruins burned brighter, two other strangers were descried looting the wrecked safe. The crowd had brought no weapons. The two robbers ou Qiuu-il threatened death to the man who moved from his tracks, and the helpless citizens were compelled to witness the robbery of their savings without lifting a hand in remonstrance. When the two robbers who were looting the safe had secured all the money available they joined their two confederates and with leveled rirles the four marauders lined up the band of citizens who stood with hands held as high as ordered until the four robbers had backed away into the darkness and fled. The bank building is a total wreck. The loss is estimated at S.'I.OOO, in addition addi-tion to the Si, 000 secured by the robbers. rob-bers. No trace of the robbers has been discovered. |