GUNMEN GET AWAY WITH BIG HAULS

Chronicle (Levin), 12 January 1948, Page 5

GUNMEN GET AWAY WITH BIG HAULS

Received Sundav, 7 p.m. NEW YORK, .Jan. 9. IIol.l-up men .seized nearly 300,000 doliars in cash and gems in a series uf M jiaratc robberies in tlie I'jiited States 1 oday. tuni- munasked inen armed with pisi.ils loreed a w ay into a New Orleaus liauk just before opening timo and stole ali iut 13ii,uO() doliars and eseaped in a waiting niotor car. The police, within a lcu minutes, arrested tliree suspects and rei-oN i*red >5,(H.)U doliars. 1 \\o gtinincu iicl.t up a nig departirimit store in 'ambridge, Massachu^'tts. and juade olt' with 30,(1(11) dollar.s aiter tiirowiitg sniokeboinbs to cover their getauay. .V gunnian entered the honie of the soeially promiuent Mr and M rs ,1. \\ hiteiiead, in Oakland, California, by j pusing as a telcpiione repainnan an.i ] loreel A1 rs Y\ hitehead and a niaid into I a c-loset at re\ol\er point and niade off j with jewellery valued at nearly l(i(l,0()(i i doliars. The poiice in Akion, Ohio, arrested a| young tiio'h school teacher in connection ! with a ctiain of cafe roblieries ultichi alle;,eoiy yielded hua and six other men ' doliars. j A message from Torouto, Oanada, ! savs two detectives today reeovered a J 20o?(»ou doliars pat'lic of storks, boiuls { and jewellery whieh are believed to l>e ! ihe eiitire loot of the robberv of a j braneh of the Jioval Bank of i'anada! iast August. Acting on a tip they went 1 to a snow-covered iield seven" iniles j from Toronto and after a long searek with a niine deteetor Jocated tliree Jnetal boxes which contained the loot. 1