SYDNEY SENSATION.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 108, 12 June 1914, Page 7

SYDNEY SENSATION.

THE DARING HOLD-UP.

CHAUFFEUR AND CLERK REARRESTED. A GANG OF CRIMINALS. POLICE WARN BUSINESS MEN. By Cable.—Press Association—rCopyright. SYDNEY, June 11. The men apprehended in connection with the robbery are Arthur Tatliam, chauffeur of the stolen, ear, and Norman Twiss,'who was carrying the cash-box" from the cab when H wji? held up by the robbers.

Both were detained yesterday, butafter being questioned were released. They were re-arrested to-day. The police do not favour the suggestion that the robbery was the work of foreign criminals.

It appears that the robbery was planned a month ago, but the plans then failed, and the thieves waited for a more favourable opportunity.

The chadffeur of th? stolen car states that a man and-invited him to have a drink. He entered a bar, and while he w&s away the cai,' was stolen. ;

The fact that the machine .is a Moline, of which make tliere are only three in Sydney, and has peculiarities of mechanism, shows t-hqt. the-bandits-.are-motor experts. , The same car was stolen from the same spot a few weeks ago. The police think that the thieves are identical with those concerned in the present outrage. , When the robbers deserted the car in front of a Chinese cabinet-maker's shop in Bulwaira Lane, nobody appears to have seen them disappear.

Robert Geoghegan was arrested today in connection with the robbery and brought before a magistrate. The police asked for a remand for identification purposes, which was granted. Bail of £4O was allowed.

. When the police recovered the car,they found therein a revolver loaded with five cartridges, from which the bullets had been removed and cayenne pepper substituted.

DESPERATE "CROOKS." ,

INSUFFICIENT POLICE PROTECTION. The Press" comment on the repeated occurrence of sensational crimes and the escape of the criminals. An impression is abroad that the present measure of police'protection is insufficient.

It is understood that provision will be made in the next Estimates to permit of the strength of the force being raised to meet immediate requirements.

In view of the outrage, the police have issued warnings to business men handling large sums of money to guard their premises carefully.

It is stated that there is renewed activity among the desperate elemeiit of "crooks" whenever a big outrage is successfully concluded, for such is in-, j variably followed by a series of crimes [ in other parts. „ Two criminals made arrangements last week to hold up ia sawmill pay clerk on the outskirts of the city. They engaged motor cycles for the purpose, but the police were informed of the plot, and it was frustrated. , .The, '■' crooks" are still under surveillance.:

Four men are watching every train from Sydney for Eveleigh suspects.

THE THIRD DEGREE.

ARRESTED AND EXAMINED.

(Received June 12, 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 12

The police subjected the arretted men to the " third degree'' method of examination.

It is understood that the numbers of the missing notes are not known. ;The niissing "nioiiey" was replaced, 'arid the Eveleigh workmen received their wages only a few minutes late.