FIRED AT BY LURKING BOBBER
NKJIITWATCHMAN SHOT IN SYDNEY ATTEMPT TO LOOT A POST ! OFFICE . ■ ■ By T^-legr-e^li Affiliation—Co r>:?ri£i lit (RwJ. Juno '}, 0.10 a.m.) ■ ; "* Svt!.'i2v, June S. .'For the fourth time in the last twelve mouths burglars hav-o attempted to rob tho Oxford Slvcfi-t- Post Office. Early tuis morning the watchman heard someone inaido the building, lie fastened the door and went to obtain. assistance, Hs had wily proceeded a few yards When a man., who bad evidently been watching his. movements, fired a revoivor, tho bullet passing through the watchniaii's cheek, and striking a secOlid ni-aji whs was standing on the footpath, knocking out three of his teeth. The watchman fired three shots at- his. assailant, who su-ccecdw! in escaping. Meanwhile, the safe-breaker, whs lift-d been looked inside, aianned at the firing, broke tho fanlight, reached the back of the building,' descended by tho firo escape, and got atrsy. Explosives were found in tho _ keyhole of the safe, but nothing was missing.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2171, 9 June 1914, Page 5
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163FIRED AT BY LURKING BOBBER Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2171, 9 June 1914, Page 5
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