Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1913 — Thought Mail Pouches Had o Been Stolen Wednesday Eve. [ARTICLE]

Thought Mail Pouches Had o Been Stolen Wednesday Eve.

Mail Carrier McCarthy had a bad fright Wednesday evening and it lasted for several hours. His little white pony which is used for carrying the mail between the station and the postoffice wandered away and could not be found. In the buggy were three mail sacks. A search continued until 10 o’clock at night, when the animal was found calmly nibbling in the brush west of the depot. The mail sacks were still in the cart. Postmaster Murray was called to the office after the pony and the sacks were located and the mail taken to the office. It was thought for some time that the pony and the mail sacks had Been stolen.