Loud noises coming from the front of the bank woke John Eldridge and his wife in Sully, Iowa, on January 30, 1920. The couple lived behind the Sully State Bank, and Eldridge didn’t hesitate to grab his shotgun as he headed toward the front of the bank building to investigate.
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