U.S. BANK THEFTS
FISCAL YEAR SHOWS DECREASE
M COMPARISON OF STATISTICS
United Press Actuation —By El<? tn< Telegraph—Copyright.)
NEW YORK, October 19.
The American Bankers’ Association to-day announced that in the last fiscal year banks and trust companies in tihe- United States lost 2,402,000 dollars as the result of 516 hold-ups and ninety-five burglaries. During the previous year there were 554 hold-ups and seventy-eight burglaries, with a total loot of 3,568,000 dollars.
Criminals, bank employees and bystanders killed or wounded during the bank robberies or attempts, in 1933, were 281, compared with 176 in the previous year. The reduction in bank robbery statistics is explained in that over lb per cent, of the .banks remained /closed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 October 1933, Page 5
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