WOMEN AS BANDITS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 74, 28 March 1930, Page 19

WOMEN AS BANDITS

— ....», I EXPLOITS IN ENGLAND - Scotland "Yard recently organised a country-wide liunt for six desperate motor-car bandits, two of whom arc •women. ; 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 the- country. • It was understood that two ov three of the bandits were concerned in a daring daylight robbery from a jeweller's shop in Bond street, when the thieves made their escape in a stolen motor-car. On that occasion another' car, known aa the "stopper,'.' was used to act as an obstruction to any car sent in pursuit.,, The two women who travel about with the men act as skirmishers for them. The thieves halt in a lane near a residence which promises a safe and •rich harvosl, and, leaving tho'.moli in the car, the -women enter the grounds and survey the place in order to find out the best means of gaining entrance to the house, and the speediest method of gotting away with the booty. They return, with whatovcr information they are able to glean, and tho men, leaving tho two innocent-looking women in the car, proceed to carry out tho robbery. Then they rejoin the car, and make for thoir next point of attack. Most of the robberies are carried out with the aid of powerful motor-cars stolen for the purpose, and they are usually abandoned when tho thieves reach tho stago when they think tho police are in pursuit. Then they steal another car, and continue their jourKey. In many cases tho official identification plates aro taken off find bogus ones substituted.