Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1912 — Auto Wheel Forced Rock Through Republican Window. [ARTICLE]

Auto Wheel Forced Rock Through Republican Window.

At about 9 o’clock this Wednesday morning a rock crashed through one of the panel windows at theentrance to The Republican office. Warren Robinson was sitting near the window and the rock must have narrowly missed his head while portions of glass were thrown - all over him.He and the two publishers of The Republican jumped to their feet and rushed out on the street in front of the office -expecting to see Some ‘ fleeing coward who had thrown a stone. The only thing in sight w-as an automobile which was going east on Washington street and w’hjch had passed by the office at just the time the stone went through the window. Returning to the office the. stone was found on the floor. It was about two inches square and weighed about a quarter of a pound. The stone was covered with ice, which indicated that it had never been in the hand of any culprit and there was no room to doubt that it had been cast into the window from the wheel of the passing automobile which was traveling at a rapid speed.