By JAMES BELL
Hays Post

ELLIS — The Ellis Police Department is seeking information related to damage that occurred overnight Tuesday at the Ellis Railroad Museum.

“Sometime during the night, an unknown individual or individuals broke more than a dozen windows at the City of Ellis Railroad Museum,” Ellis Police Chief Taft Yates said.

The damage was caused by rocks and other found objects.

No damage was discovered inside the building, according to Yates.

The museum houses a variety of railroad memorabilia and historical artifacts from the history of Ellis.

“The museum is a part of the history of the City of Ellis and the County of Ellis,” Yates said.

“This act is very disheartening to the Railroad Museum and the community,” the department posted on their Facebook page Wednesday afternoon.

“We would like to reach out to anyone that has any information that could assist in finding the person or persons that did this criminal damage,” he said. “We would greatly appreciate it.”

The Ellis Police Department can be reached at (785) 726-4462.

He also said any information collected would be kept confidential.

The director of the museum declined to comment.