This day in history: 'I'm just here for the money,' an all-business bank robber told Rosauers employees

The article revisits two historical incidents involving robbery and alcohol production. In 1976, a masked robber entered the Rosauers supermarket at University City in Spokane Valley during a period when clerks were counting the day’s receipts. The robber told employees it was a real holdup, displayed a .22-caliber automatic, and threatened to shoot any worker who did “anything wrong.” He handcuffed four employees, cut open the money bags, and took an estimated $25,000. He ordered three employees to lie still for five minutes and forced a fourth to leave with him; that person was released after the robber fled in a waiting car and raised an alarm. In 1926, federal Prohibition agents raided a large isolated house on East Longfellow Avenue and found equipment for producing alcohol, including a 250-gallon still, 185 gallons of moonshine, 250 gallons of mash, and 12 sacks of sugar, leading to charges against a man who arrived that evening.