Rondout Train Robbery, The
CITY:
Green Oaks
COUNTY:
Lake
DEDICATED BY:
Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society, The Lake County Museum Association and The Illinois State Historical Society
DEDICATION DATE:
October 4, 1981 at 5:00:00 AM
The marker is located on the north side of Illinois Route 176, just east of the toll road.
On June 12, 1924, the largest train robberies in U.S. history occurred near here. Bandits who boarded the train in Chicago forced postal clerks to surrender sacks containing more than two million dollars in securities and cash.
Local police apprehended the gunman within a few days. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigated the case and identified the masterminds, one of whom was a trusted employee of the postal service. Some of the loot was never recovered.
In all, eight men were convicted in federal court and sentenced within seven months of the robbery.