When the Torch Gang Robbed the Spring Valley Post Office
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When the Torch Gang Robbed the Spring Valley Post Office
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In the spring of 1940, a gang of safecrackers armed with acetylene torches swept across southern Minnesota and northern Iowa — leaving behind burned vaults, stolen cash, and nervous communities. One of their boldest crimes happened in the heart of Spring Valley, when burglars broke into the local post office under cover of darkness and torched their way through two steel vault doors.
In this episode of Roots & Riddles, we follow the trail of the so-called “Torch Gang,” explore the regional crime spree tied to Lanesboro, Caledonia, and beyond, and uncover the story of James Burl Johnson — the ex-con eventually connected to the robberies. From stolen welding equipment to late-night break-ins and dramatic newspaper headlines, this forgotten case reads like something out of a noir crime film.