People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1895 — Mail Rider Slain by Robbers. [ARTICLE]

Mail Rider Slain by Robbers.

Jackson, Miss., Feb. 28.—The mail rider on the route between Forest and Raleigh was murdered in the interior of Smith county Tuesday afternoon. As the mail bags were ripped open and rilled of their contents it is supposed robbery was the object. Officers .are diligently searching for the murderer but so far have found no clue.