SENSATIONAL BANK ROBBERIES
BANDIT KILLED IN FIGHT WITH POLICE. (Rec. April 16, 5.5 p.m.) Ottawa, Illinois, April 15. The wildest scenes attended two daring bank robberies. Four bandits held up two clearing-house messengers on board a train, escaping with 638,000 dollars of negotiable cheques. Simultaneously five bandits held up the Cicero State Bank, obtaining 40,000 dollars. A bank official and the police gave chase, and there was a sensational revolver nnd rifle battle in the streets. One bandit was killed and one fatally wounded. One policeman was wounded. Three bandits were captured and the money recovered. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 173, 18 April 1921, Page 5
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99SENSATIONAL BANK ROBBERIES Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 173, 18 April 1921, Page 5
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