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Show IOWA BANDITS . ESCAPE WITH . .g5000 IN CASH REDDING, la, Aug. IS (By A. P. Authorities of all southern Iowa and northern Missouri counties coun-ties today joined Jn a search for bandits who blew open tho safe- of tho Raddlnr Savlnaa bank laat nlfrht and oocaped after a platol fifht with a poeee, with about feOOf In eaah, bonds and other papers, - Five men participated In the robbery, rob-bery, which was th first successful success-ful attempt to rob aa Iowa bank this year. ' Before entering- fho bank, tho TwUMsite sru v mum 1 ot int lesaeepnone and telecraph lines leading from ths town. Tho oxploaton, which wrecked ths safe, was hoard by a restaurant employe, who rave ths alarm, and before tho bandits could fie a pose had boon organised by F. W. Rich, cashier of th bank. - A number of shots war fired at tho bandits aa they left th villa:, but It was not ascertained whether wheth-er members of th party had been wounded. They returned th fir wlthowt offset. |