A SENSATIONAL COUP
[United Press Association— -By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.]
LONDON, June 11
A Leipsig bank messenger carrying £750 was held up by three men, who shot him in the stomach, snatched the money, and rushed away in a car, threading skilfully through the traffic. They were pursued by a fire brigade ambulance and by private cars, and later by the police. The thieves fiieif back recklessly at their pursuers, and they shot a workman. Their own car ■' was '.eventually damaged. They transferred to a tram car, took control, and drove it in a frenzied manner, hut finally they abandoned the. tram car and disappeared.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1930, Page 6
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104A SENSATIONAL COUP Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1930, Page 6
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