WOMEN AS BANDITS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3464, 7 April 1930, Page 3

WOMEN AS BANDITS.

EXPORTS IN ENGLAND

HUNT FOR A GANG

Scotland Yard recently organised a country-wide limit for six desperate motor car bandits, two of whom aie women. f . • Every police force in England was supplied with a detailed description of all the members of the gang, and asked to maintain a special watch for them and to do all that was possible to counter their activities. These desperadoes are known to have committed daring robberies from jewellers shops and burglaries in country houses in various parts of country. It was understood that two or three of the bandits were concerned m a daring davlight robbery from a icwellcr’s shop in Bond street, when the thieves made their escape in _ a stolen motor car. On that occasion another car, known as the “stopper, was used to act as an obstruction to anv car sent in pursuit. The two women who travel about with the men act as skirmishers >or them. The thieves halt in a lano near a residence, which promises a safe and rich harvest, and, leaving the men in the car, the women enter the grounds and survey the place m order to find out the best means of gaining entrance to the house and the speediest method of getting away with the booty. . c They return with whatever information they are able to rf?ean, and the men leaving the two innocent-looking "•on,™ in the car. proceed to carry out the robbery. Then they rejoin the ear, and make for their next point of attack. . . , Most of the robberies arc earned out with the aid of powerful motor cars stolen for the purpose, and tuey are usually abandoned when the thieves reach the stage when they think the police are in pursuit. Then thev steal another car and continue thdr iourney. In many cases the official identification plates are taken oil' and bogus ones substituted.