THE SYDNEY BANK ATTEMPT.
j SYDNEY, September 25. I It is evident from the police discoveries i that two or more burglars were engaged ii; the attempt on the English and Scotl tisli Bank on Sunday. Despite the fact I that the robbers had to traverse a considerable length of roof to reach the bank, and make the eleotric connection, the police are without, clue. Colour is lent to the theory that American "cracksmen 1 ' took a hand in the affair by the statement that three well-known criminals escaped from prison at the time of the San Francisco earthquake, and have landed in Sydney within the la3t fortnight. (Received 9.52 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The police have discovered tools -which are supposed to indicate that the bank jobbers are employed in £he cycle trade,
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 230, 26 September 1906, Page 5
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134THE SYDNEY BANK ATTEMPT. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 230, 26 September 1906, Page 5
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