£6700 Stolen.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 41, 11 June 1914, Page 5

£6700 Stolen.

IN SYDNEY IN DAYLIGHT. A MOST DARING AFFAIR. £B* Electric Telegraph- Copyright' [Unitkd Press Association, t \ Sydney, June 10, "The most daring daylight robbery in the annals of Sydney crime occurred at noon. A pay-clerk drew £6700 from the bank, to >pay to th,e< Eveleigh workmen. He drove to the Wilson street entrance in a cab, and placed the cash-box, containing £3300, on the shoulders of- a 'workman. Simultaneously a motorcar drew \ip. A masked man held up the clerk at the revolver point, snatched the box, and transferred it to the car. Then he drove off.

, A passing»cart„dashed.in-.pursuit, but the horse collapsed, and the pursuer was compelled'to abandon the chase. k The robbers stole the car an hour earlier from the corner of Market and Castlereagh streets. The police have detained the payclerk, and the employee's and the cabman's finger-prints have been taken. The motor caf and the empty cashbox have been found at Pyrmont. "MONEY OR YOUR LIFE!" A SUDDEN HOLD-UP. ; (Received 9.25,a.m.) ,I* Sydney,■• June 11. The robbers were apparently well aware that yesterday was pay day at the Everleigh workshops, and that the clerks would arrive at a certain time. ; The money was in charge of two pay clerks, John Jlenry and Frederick Miller, who were both armed with revolvers. The hold-up was so sudden that the clerks were nonplussed. One attempted to draw his revolver and was threatened by the robber that he would blow his brains out if he resisted. The desperados soon secured th© box and drove at 'top speed. The missing money consisted of £2150 in five-pound notes, £IO3B in gold, and the balance in silver and copper.

WITNESSES OF THE ROBBERY SAVED THEIR SKINS. CLEVERLY-STAGED AFFAIR. POLICE WITHOUT DEFINITE CLUE. Sydney, June 11. (Received 10.35 a.m.) The robbery was witnessed by a dozen people. It all happened too quickly to allow anyone to grasp the situation or none cared to- risk their lives in interfering. One onlooker states that he made a move to follow the car driver, who drew a revolver and threatened him. The police so far have no definite clue, and though two men were detained for a time last night, no arrests have been made.