In 1949, Rossville was hit by a minor crime wave. First, there was a burglary at the Peoples State Bank on Main St. in which the incompetent safe cracker netted no money. Later, the high school lost 13 band instruments to a burglary which only netted the burglars a conviction.
The news articles about the events can be read at: http://history.nekls.org/rossville/images/show/1166-robberies-and-thefts-1949-rossville-kansas
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