Randolph County AlArchives News.....Wadley Bank Robbery April 20, 1966
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The Selma Times-Journal April 20, 1966
Burglars working behind a drawn curtain blew open the main vault of the bank of 
Wadley Tuesday night and got away with an undetermined amount of money. The bank 
president, Leon Phillips, said the loss would not be known until small vaults 
inside the main vault could be checked. He said bank officials were waiting for 
the arrival of FBI agents before going into the vault. Phillips said the 
burglars got into the building through the rear and tore down a wooden wall 
leading into the bank offices. Drawing a curtain over the front window, the bank 
president said, the burglars blew the front door off the main vault located in 
the front of the bank. Without the drawn curtain, he said they could have been 
seen from the street. A light burning above the vault was still on when the 
burglary was discovered this morning, Phillips added. Wadley is a small 
community mile west of Roanoke in Randolph County. 

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