BUSHRANGING NEAR ALBURY.

Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 77, 14 February 1877, Page 2

BUSHRANGING NEAR ALBURY.

On January 9th a report was received at the Albury police station of a robbery under arms, which had taken place in the neighbourhood of Ten Mile Creek on the previons evening. The circumstances of the affair are substantially as follows :— A, bout 37' miles from Albnry, on the main Sydney road, and about three miles from Germanton, is a small store kept by a man named Bounds. The house is a mere roadside store, doing business principally with teamsters, the place being a convenient and favourite camping ground. About halfpast 10 on Saturday night, two men rode up to the store on horseback, and one of them dismounted and giving his horse into the charge of his companion entered the house. Producing two revolvers and presenting one, he ordered the inmates i of the store— lVJr Bounds and his wife, and a girl about 15 years of age— in true busbranging style to " Bail up," a command which it peed hardly be said was at once obeyed. The robber then proceeded to tie up his three subjects, a work which be accomplished in a secure and workmanlike manner. Having made all fast he inquired what money there was in the place, and ascertaining the whereabouts of the till, helped himself to* the contents, which fortunately

amounted only to £1 155., 26i. in film and a half.goverign. To make up for tfcj insignificance of the money bjooty he the*. proceed to help himself to some of fhe store goods, but the precise extent of hit operations in this direction ha* not yet boen determined, tho inmates of tbestor? being uuable to see what was going on. When, however, he had selected what he wanted, he removed the bandage froa> Mr Bounds eyes, and forced him to s ; gn a cheque on the Commercial Bank, Albury, for £22 a document which by the way will hardly be of much use to Messieurs the I bushrangers, as the bank of course got notice of thu robbery early on Monday. After obtaining the cheque, the robber quietly rejoined his companion, mounted his horse, and rode away. The man who wa* outside, being out of the view I of the inmates of the store daring the, I whole affair, cannot of course be described, bnt the robber who entered the building and performed the actual robbery is said to be about sft. Sin in height, having light whiskers add blue eyes. He was dressed in a flannel shirt, printed moleskin trousers, and light felt hat ; and he wore over his face a kind of mask made of dirty white calico, with holes for the eyes. A i number of the mounted po'ice force have ' been scouring the country ever since the, news reached Albury, bat up to the latest date no intelligence of the arrest of the robbers has come to hand.