The age-herald., 1900-10-25
FIERCE BATTLE WITH BURGLARS;
 WARRIOR POSTOFF|CE BLOWN UP
WoodlaWn PoStoffice Also Blown Up and Robbed--CiviI Engineer
 Mable Robbed.

The Woodlawn and Warrior postofices were blown up by burglars yesterday morn- ing.
 At Warrior Judge Ellis was awakened by the sound of a compara lively light explo- sion, and looking out he saw a light in the postoffice He called his son and the two aroused Cashier Rochester of the Bank of Warrior. The three men were quickly jeined by Town Marshal Blackburn, and the party began an investigation of the surroundings.
 Marshal Blackburn and MT Rochester approached cautiously to within hundred feet of the postoffice, knowing that nobody slept in the building, and being suspicious of the light still burning in the place of customary darkness. They watched very closely, but could not see or hear anything wrong, and had about concluded all was explosion which badly shocked them and almost blew up the postoffice building. A suppressed voice inside called:
 Turn down the light-turn down the light!'
 MT. Rochester brought his gun to a level aiming across the line of light In- stantly the figure of man appeared and Mr. Rochester fired. followed by a round from Marshal Blackburn at his side.
 The burglars-four or five of them-re- turned the fire, and Judge Ellis and MT. Ellis joined in the firing, and in moment a battle was raging the burglars firing as they ran off in the darkness.
 Wait men, wait men! 1 can't rum" cried one of the burglars the party of them fled; and that was accepted as evidence that one of them was paddy wounded.
 An inspection of the building presented a scene of extraordinary devastation
 The heavy steel safe was blown entirely across the room, and cash to the amount of about $200 was scattered on the floor. Not cent was missing when the post mistress counted her cash.
 The building was hadly damaged, and was riddled with bullets. Some twenty bullet holes were discovered in the door alone, and it is almost miraculous that mo- body was killed.
 The woodlawn Postufice
 Burglars entered the Woodlawn post of flee after midnight of Tuesday, blew open the safe and stole between S20O and $500 worth of stamps. There is no clue as to the identity of the criminals.
 The burglars appear to have entered the building through rear window. In break ing the safe the explosive used was so pow. erful that the heavy and powerful shutter of the safe door was blown off, the glass faced letter boxes were broken, and the windows of the building were shattered. The crime was committed between 1 and 3 o'clock.
 Engineer MabIe Robbed
 Early yesterday morning thieves entered the tent of Civil Engineer Joel Mable, at his camp on the Ensey Southern Rail- way, and after breaking open a small locked box, succeeded in getting away with $125.
 Yesterday afternoon James Alexander and Mary Jones, two neatly dressed ne- groes, were arrested by Officer Patton, and the chief of police claims to have direct evidence that the guilty person had been apprehended. After the arrest the two ne- groes were put through a long series of cross questions, and it was ascertained that the woman knew nothing of the crime and she was released from custody.
 While the two prisoners were confined in the chief of police's private office, Alexan- der made leap from the second story win dow to the pavement, and succeeded In es- caping, though Desk Sergeant Rowlett fired four shots in an effort to stop him. The negro ran up Twentieth street to Fourth alley and disappeared from view going up the alley in the direction of Twenty-frst street. Desk Sergeant Rowlett was in the room at the time the negro made the daring leap, but could not get to Alex ander in time to stop him. As Alexander dragged h;s hand over the window sill he caught to several small insulated wires and broke the force of the fall. The police are on the lookout for the man and a close search will be made for him tonight.
 The money stolen from MT Mable con sisted of two $50 bills and one check for $2J. The negro, James Alezsnder is said to have exhibited these $50 bills in the store of J.