DESPERATE ROBBERS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 663, 13 November 1909, Page 5

DESPERATE ROBBERS

A BANK "HELD UP.V RUFFIAN MURDERS OFFICIALS. : •'; ';•■■'. ABAGE ON THE RIVEE. •: -Z . (By Telcgraph,-Press Aasociatlon.-GoDyrißhU ;. .;,; (Rec. November 12, 10.35 p.m.). . .. V. ;■' * .:-'■■ Now York, November 12. A desperate case of attoiupted robbery and murder occurred in the town of New Albany, Indiana, on tho right bank of the.Ohio River. 'Shouting "Hands up!" a robber entered the Merchants' National Bank and attempted 'to hold up those in. charge. He shot;and killed Mr. Fawcett, tho cashier, and fatally wounded Mr. Woodward, President of the Bank. . The murderer then attempted'to cross the Ohio in a skiff. The police, i'ollowed in a motor boat, and overtook and , arrested him. I A BOLD JEWEL THEFT IN LONDON. . '.": ■"■■■■.- . THE SENTENCES.-r . ■EICH BOOTY NOT YET TEACED.•' • .- London, November 11. Sentences have, been passed in' .connection with the theft of jewellery, valued at £40,006, in the Cafe llonico, Piccadilly-circus. On the aftornoon of July 2 Mr.; Frederick James Qoldschmidt, p, diamond broker, ' of. Paris, had in his; possession a bag containing the jewellery, which was snatched while he was washing his hands in the basement of the cafe. Tho thief was aided; by a confederate) who fell in; front of the pursuers, causing them , to be tripped up. ,'• .'■. ' ■'•; . . ■'. ■'■•.-'; Subsequently the police, arrested -Herbert Grimshnw (a jockey), and Joseph' Higgins! (a butcher), who were identified by waitresses at the cafe. Both were convicted, arid Grimshaw —who'.has been thrice previously convicted— has been sentenced to three years' penal servitude, andHiggihs to fifteen months. :' ■ . No. portion of ! the missing property has yet been, traced. ..■;,: . ..,'.- "...

■■ ' STORY OF THE ROBBERY. . V The bag that was snatched from 1 the possession of, Mr.- Goldschmidt, who is about: 70 years of age, contained: ■, ... '... .' '. ■■■ , Ten pearl necklaces, each' composed ' ..- of ■■seventy ■ m'aguiiicent pearls:. ;;. 1 .'Three bunches of pearls, consisting in • all of oyor 700. .. . . i'' .... ■-■■.■.' Five , , packets of Australiou' button- . shaped pearls, i . '.• ■ ."' ;.■.'..■:,'•■ ■■ diamond , ring. ...".'..' : . : Bag of coloured stones. ~.' ■ .' ' \ . leu £5 Bank of England notes; • ■. .•..' beveral French'notes. ..).."'.' '. It was stated-at first'.that; the' value 'was' .6110,000, but tho cabled figure, is ,£40,000.. Ono report states that on the morning: of July 2 Mr. Goldschmidt, who, had arrived from Paris and was staying, at De Keyser's Eoyal Hotel, riianies. Embankment,; left.,the 'hotel, taking the jewels with him in a brown leather bag, to visit clients./. > ■,•;. : ..: . ••. ~ ,■; .

,Ho, lunched at> thd Cafe Monico, Piccadillycircus, .keeping the bag- containing a/ fortune by his side.: On finishing his lunch ha went into tbo ; basement to .wash,-placing ' tho bag on a table,by his side. Three other men were in the lnvatory. He had just soaped his hands, when one of the throe strangers seized the bag and darted towards tho door.. .';'■ :>,• .Mr. Goldschmidt and■ another .visitor sprang after the thief. They were preceded by a man who seemed onsions to assist: in the cap. ,ture, 'but- who unaccountably fell down, thereby .Bending the Mother ..two /pursuers sprawling on tho ■'ground.- By the 'time ; the three _ men 'had' picked .themselves up- the thief had dashed .up the stairs: leading to 'the street and had got' dear away;•'■'■".• '■•'-■.