GIRL BANDITS.
ABROAD IN NEW YORK. DARING THE POLICE. (BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT.? (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received April 16th, 9.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, April 15. An unusually large number of girl bandits recently have been active here, successfully evading the police, and proving a serious hazard to life and property.
These feminine desperadoes only in a few cases act as lures for nialo companion bandits, but chiefly work alone, holding up storekeepers at tho point of the revolver, and rifling cash registers. One blonde, hair-bobbed young woman has . been sending the police abusive notes challenging them to capture her. She recently held up a cashier in a shop at midday, when it was full of customers, and, after escaping with several hundred dollars, snapped a padlock which she had brought with her upon the door, delaying pursuit.
The police estimate that at least eight—all of them young girls—are operating within the metropolitan district at the present time, and have perpetrated at least 50 robberies. The police to-day captured one who, however, had been acting as' a lure for male companions, who robbed their prey within doorways.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18051, 17 April 1924, Page 12
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188GIRL BANDITS. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18051, 17 April 1924, Page 12
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