Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1908 — BURGLARIZED [ARTICLE]

BURGLARIZED

Was Postoffice at Wheatfield Wednesday Night SAFE BLOWN AND $350 TAKEN. In Money and Stamps—No Clue to the Perpetrators of the Daring Robbery Has Been Secured.

Tbs Wheatfield postdffice was broken into and robbed Wednesday night between 1 o’clock and daylight Thursday, but no one seems to have heard the explosion when the safe was blown open, and not to have discovered the robbery until Thursday morning. The robbers had the best chance in the world to make a getaway long before the burglary was discovered. The outside door was broken in, the safe blown open, and there is no doubt that the mail was examined remaining in the office. Near $l5O in cash and S2OO in stamps was taken. The safe is a complete loss. N. Littlefield of Rensselaer was in Wheatfield that night and was on the street near the office at midnight but saw nothing suspicious about it at that time. One thing is sure, and that is: Every suspicious character' should be made to give an account of himself as these robberies are becoming altogether to common.