Sixty years ago today, The News Sunâs banner headline told the shocking story of the most brazen bank robbery in Noble County history.
On the evening of Friday, Dec. 9, 1960, bandits abducted Avillaâs Community State Bank President Wilmer P. Weimer from his home, forced him to open the bank, then escaped with $6,779. After the robbery, Weimer was returned to his home by the thieves, then left bound and gagged.
The crime was never solved.
Weimer, 59, who lived a block west of the bank on Albion Street, told police sometime after 8:30 p.m., one of the men forced his way into his home and stuck a .38 caliber revolver in his face. Three others, also wearing overcoats, hats and sunglasses with handkerchiefs over their faces, entered the home while another waited outside in a car.