Bandits

January 6, 1933, Appleton Post-Crescent

January 20, 1933, Appleton Post-Crescent

Early 1933 found Menasha under a wave of robberies as evidenced above.  While there is no excuse for rampant crime, it is somewhat understandable in that the country WAS in the middle of a devastating depression and people were desperate for just the mere essentials to get by in what was, likely, the middle of a harsh Wisconsin winter.