Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1909 — FOUR MEN HOLD UP TOWN [ARTICLE]

FOUR MEN HOLD UP TOWN

Citizens Face Revolvers While Robber Loots Postoffice. Washington, Pa., Dec. 10.—Robbers blew open the safe in the postofflee at Carmichael and made a similar but unsuccessful effort with the vault of the Carmichael bank. The bandits got away with >5,000 in stamps and money. Charges of dynamite were discharged simultaneously in the postoffice and bank. Residents poured into the main street. They were confronted by three masked men each with two revolvers. The crowd of half dressed residents was coolly told to keep quiet and attempt no violence. A fourth man then gathered up all the valuables in the postoffice and the quartet disappeared.