Watchman is Kidnaped; Blast Shatters Windows in a 10-Block Radius
Burlington, Wis., Oct. 6 (AP) - Five men early today invaded the new $25,000 milk receiving plant of the Burlington Cooperative Milk association, kidnaped a watchman, and destroyed the building by exploding two bombs. The watchman was unhurt.
The blast, which occurred about 1 am, shattered windows within a radius of 10 blocks around the plant.
About an hour later, John Eisenbart, 55, the watchman, appeared at the police station. He said five men appeared in the building
The men set two bombs, he said, and the rushed him away, in their automobile with his feet and hands bound with rope.
Before the car reached the city limits, Eisenbart said, the explosions occurred. The men took him about a mile outside the city and dumped him out. Eisenbart worked his bonds loose and returned to the scene of the wrecked building to find firemen seeking his body amid the debris.
The new plant was opened Sept. 22 by dairy farmers supplying milk to the Chicago Pure Milk association.
Eisenbart said he was unable to give a good description either of the car or of the men who abducted him.
Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:38 pm