Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1913 — Attempt Was Made to Rob Brook Postoffice Tuesday Night. [ARTICLE]

Attempt Was Made to Rob Brook Postoffice Tuesday Night.

The postoffice safe at Brook was blown partly open by three explosions of powder last Tuesday night. The inner door refused to budge, although the force of the last charge of powder had been so great as to drive parts of the iron door the length of the 'building and through the plate glass windows in front. Several heard the noise as the powder was discharged but until the last charge, which was about 15 minutes after the others, did not regard the noise as anything more than the firing of a shotgun. Three men, short of stature and each wearing overcoats and caps pulled down over their ears, were seen running from the building after the last explosion, which was at about 2 o’clock in the morning. The explosions had been muffled to some extent by piling mail sacks about the safe. No trace of the men could he found after they ran from the building.