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Record Bank Theft in Louisville

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 9, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 31.

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Record Bank Theft in Louisville

The Fidelity Company of Louisville, Ky., lost $1,340,000 by theft through its assistant secretary, August Ropke. The amount equals the surplus fund of the bank, and is the largest bank theft in history. Ropke began his peculations about nine years ago.