The Rondout Train Robbery
On June 12, 1924, the largest train robbery in U.S. history occurred near here. Bandits boarded the train in Chicago and forced postal clerks to surrender sacks containing more than two-million dollars in securities and cash. Local police apprehended the gunmen within a few days. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigated the case and identified the masterminds, one of whom was a trusted employee of the postal service. Some of the loot was never recovered. In all, eight men were convicted in Federal court and sentenced within seven months of the robbery.
Marker is on Rockland Road (Illinois Route 176) 0.1 miles east of Energy Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
