A GIRL BANDIT.
BANK HOLD-XTP ATTEMPT, COLLAPSE .VFTER STRUCKiLE. When the Rock Hampton branch of the I'orramercifll Hank of Australia opened on a recent morning a young grrl i entered, and. advancing to the counter, ;■ asked the teller, a younir man named - Cunningham, for some deposit e!li-pa. ■ The teller gave the girl the slips, and . she turned to ~o out,, but a few 1 moments later, as he went to the safe, , uliVli opens just behind the counter, the , ijirl covered him with a small revolver, , and said. "ITands up." Cunningham said "Sot on your life," ami promptly seized the revolver with his left haid Wlow the trigger, and engaged in a desperate struggle with the ' girl who did not desist until Cunningham forced the weapon from her. t-he then collapsed. The police arrested tile girl, who has i s'.h.'p made a w-mten eta-tement.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 72, 26 March 1921, Page 12
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144A GIRL BANDIT. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 72, 26 March 1921, Page 12
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