TWO HOLD-UPS.
BANKS LOSE HEAVILY. (BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPXRIOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLI ASSOCIATION.) (Received March 4th, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 3. News from Los Angeles states that two hold-ups, believed to be planned by the same bandits, cost Los Angeles banks 68,000 dollars in currency. Three disguised and heavily armed men forced an automobile to stop and they relieved a messenger of 63,000 dollars and new bills. While the police rushed to the scene, three men entered a bank and forced the employees to lie on the floor while they rifled the cash drawers and escaped with 5000 dollars.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19251, 5 March 1928, Page 9
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100TWO HOLD-UPS. Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19251, 5 March 1928, Page 9
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