Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1895 — An Electrified Mail Box. [ARTICLE]

An Electrified Mail Box.

There is a United States letter box on Grand street, Paterson, with letters in it which will not be delivered to the addresses in thp morning mail. Letter Carrier James Low attempted to take them out last evening. When he rested one hand on the box and with the other inserted his key in the lock he was sent reeling twenty feet away and picked up dazed. Others tried to open the box with the same result. The box is charged with electricity, and unless the current is cut off the box cannot be opened.