FIGHT WITH ROBBERS
BANK VAULTS BLOWN UP MAYOR AND TOWN MARSHAL SHOT BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT. (Rec. November 24, 10.55 p.m.) New York, November 23. A message from Gallatin (Missouri) reports a sensational bank robbery which resulted in the shooting of the Mayor, the town marshal, and another citizen wiio gave battle to the robbers. Six bandits broke into the First National Bank and were discovered by tho’marshal just as explosives were set before the vault and blew up wrt« terrific force, destroying the safe and wrecking the building. Tho marshal opened fire, whereupon he was shot down. Others, attracted by the explosion. rushed the robbers, who, after a severe ixuu’DattlGL escaped witlj 4000 dollars oiit of 30.000 within the vault. Scores of citizens turned out and endeavoured to cut off the bandits, who kepi up a fusilado of shots, driving the citizens to cover. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 53, 25 November 1922, Page 5
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