BANDITRY IN BRITAIN
THIEVES IN MOTOR-CARS
EPISODES IN MID-LONDON
LONDON, 19th October. The growth of banditry in Britain, usually associated with young thieves in stolen motor-cars, is illustrated by sensational episodes in. mid-London to-day. Four armed men entered a jeweller's shop in Houndsditch and stole several thousand pounds' worth of jewels after knocking ono assistant senseless with the butt of a revolver and gagging the manager. The assailants escaped in broad daylight through streets full of Londoners coming to business. Another outrage occurred at Euston Station this, evening, where bandits felled a postman and stole a sack'of registered letters for the Irish mail. The assailants escaped in a saloon car. The International cable news appearing In this Issue is published by arrangement with the Australian Press Association and the "San," "Herald," Kews Office, Limited.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 97, 21 October 1932, Page 7
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