ROBBER KILLED
MELBOURNE BANK SENSATION.
TELLER’S EYES ARE INJURED.
CAustralian Pres* Association.) i '
MELBOURNE, April 23. r '"Entei'iWg”'tlie Carlton English, Scottish and Australian Bank just before midday on Saturday, a man threw popper in the eyes of a teller named Frewin, and seized a pile of noted • A ledger keeper,- named Hay - es, noted this action. He drew a pistol, and shot the robber in the chest: The latter fell back.
The notes were scattered. The robber rushed to the door, where Mrs O’Halloran, who had heard the shot, attempted to stop him. The robber punched her and made off, but he collapsed in a nearby lane. He was taken to the hospital, but he died in a few minutes, having refused to give his
name. The teller’s eyes were badly injured. The notes were recovered. The robber is still unidentified.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19330424.2.36
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1933, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
141ROBBER KILLED Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1933, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in