DARING BANDITS

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3400, 30 July 1932, Page 5

DARING BANDITS

FAMILY IMPRISONED. Five American robbers lately kidnapped the entii-e family of Mr. M. C. Mott, an officer of the Mundelien branch of the Illinois State Bank, and held them prisoners for six hours before rifling the bank vault and taking the 3000 dollars it contained. The gang is believed to be the same as that which kidnapped a family last April. The bandits paid a call at the Mott’s home at 2 a.m., climbingthrough the window. Threatening the family with guns, they hei’ded Mr. Mott, his wife, her sister, and four children into a motor-car and drove to the bank through the deserted streets.

After repeated threats, Mr. Mott finally convinced the bandits that he did not know' the combination of the lock on the vault door, declaring that a time-lock was set for 8.15 a.m. The robbers, thei-efore, waited for the arrival of the cashier, whom they forced to open the doors, later imprisoning him with the Mott family in the basement. The bandits escaped in the car, taking Mr. Mott’s son as hostage, though they released him ten miles away.