Today in History revisits the Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1899 edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story on a daring daylight robbery on a St. Louis streetcar. Robert B. Jennings, a street railway treasurer, was pick pocketed of $$50,814 (cash and checks) after withdrawing the money to pay employees. Two men used the "strong arm" jostle technique to distract him and escape, though payment on the checks was stopped.

JUST A COOL FIFTY THOUSAND

Abstracted From the Pocket of a Street Car Treasurer Who Had Drawn the Money to Pay Off Employees—The Robbers Escape.

St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 30, 1899. — Robert B. Jennings, Secretary and treasurer of the Broadway Cable line, was robbed of $2,034 in cash and $48,780 in checks while standing on the rear platform of a Broadway car at Broadway and Wa

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