Safe was broken into. $4,205 $2,300 in currency the rest in negotiable paper. Everything of value was taken. The robbery was discovered by the cashier when coming to work. A hole had been drilled through the vault door and the lock worked. The safe inside was blown to bits.
Grace City Gazette (September 28, 1916)
Yeggs Get Big Haul from Melville Bank: Total amount of currency and silver taken from bank amounted to over $2,000.
No trace has been found of the yeggmen who blew the safe in vault of the Bank of Melville, securing $4,205, $2,300 in currency and silver, the balance negotiable paper. Everything of value in the safe was taken.
The robbery was not noticed until the cashier came to open up for business in the morning. A hole had been drilled through the vault door and the lock worked. The safe inside was blown to pieces. Nitroglycerine was used so indicating that experienced men had done the job. It is believed the robbers came in an automobile.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 366