Greeley Post Office saw a robbery on December 26, 1918. The robbers stole United States stamps valued at $69,300 (). At the time, this robbery was third largest robbery of a United States Post Office in history. The crime has not been solved and the perpetrators have never been identified. In accordance to the law at the time, Hubert Reynolds was personally liable for the loss. Losses over $10,000 () could only repaid to the respective postmaster if an act of the United States Congress allowed so. On November 4, 1921, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution (H.R.) 2003 "An Act For the relief of Hubert Reynolds" with 215-43 vote. In the Senate, the relief bill was delayed due to filibuster tactics. On September 22, 1922, Congress finally approved H. R. 2003, which relieved Reynolds of the liability and repaid him the $69,300. The Greeley Post Office had been robbed before, on the night of July 1, 1911. In that robbery stamps valued over $10,000 () were stolen. In reaction to the 1911 robbery, a new post office building, which opened in 1914, had been constructed. Personal life In 1889, Reynolds married Minnie A. Culver who was the only daughter of a Las Animas family. His first wife died in Greeley on May 23, 1901. Reynolds married Mary M. Jones of Denver, who was a direct descendant of Daniel Boone, on June 3, 1903. Reynolds had four children, all born to his first wife Minnie. Hubert Reynolds’ home was originally located at 1117 9th Avenue in Greeley. It has since been relocated to the City of Greeley’s Centennial Village Museum. His son Burton Ralph Reynolds died of influenza during World War I, while serving in United States Army Air Service in Stockton, California. Electoral history External links 100-Year-Old Unsolved Robbery References 1860 births 1938 deaths Democratic Party Colorado state senators 20th-century American politicians