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Daily Mokena Trivia: Who Did the Bank Robber Say He Was?
What was a 1920s bank robber's cover story as he cased the Mokena State Bank?
Today's challenge is:
Before allegedly attempting to rob the in Oct. 1924, suspected robber Vernon Touzen spent several days in Mokena casing the bank while posing as what?
A. A vacationing New York judge
B. A Pinkerton looking for members of the Newton Gang after the famous Rondout train robbery
C. A prohibition officer assigned to investigate a Mokena cheese factory
D. Warren G. Harding
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