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DAYLIGHT ROBBERY

A SENSATIONAL QAPTURE. (Australian Press Association.) SYDNEY', July 18. A few days ago, Miss Hill, clerk in a finance company's office, informed the police that she was being followed by some men as she banked the firm's money. The police (“shadowed” her, and on Monday afternoon the expecteu developments took place. As Miss Hill, carrying a bag containing £2OO, was going to the bank, a man tried to snatch the" money. She struggled, and two other men appeared, seized the bag, and made off through, a building into Riley Street', which joins Oxford Street at a sharp angle. There a car was waiting, with the engine running; but before they could, in the classic language of the) ,American screen, “make their getaway,” the detectives were upon them. The plain-clothes men had done their work so cleverly that neither Miss Hill nor the highwaymen knew that they were in the vicinity; but the gangsters were not prepared to surrender without a struggle. The, police had their revolvers, but hesitated to fire because hundreds of spectators were rushing to the scene. The engine of tlie 1 car stalled, and they closed with the robbers. After a fierce hand-toihancl fight, the' men were overpowered, handcuffed arid marched off. The gang-* sters were much amazed at being taken so completely by surprise.- “Where did you drop from' —the clouds?” one of them asked the 'detectives as they were being led gently but firmly away.

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Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1932, Page 6

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DAYLIGHT ROBBERY Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1932, Page 6

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1932, Page 6

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