PEMBERTON HOLD-UP.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 August 1925, Page 9

PEMBERTON HOLD-UP.

STORY OF THE ROBBERY

CULPRIT DISAPPEARS

BANK MANAGER WOUNDED. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received August 7. 1.10 p.m. PERTH, August 7. All- Barber, the branch manager of the National Bank, and the accountant, Mr Leman, were proceeding to Pemberton on a. railway tricycle driven by an employee. The robbery occurred in a cutting,, where a log was placed across the line, causing a stoppage. They were ordered to put up their hands. Barber was attempting to draw a revolver, when he was shot in the hand by the robber. The injury necessitated" the amputation of a huger. The robber, covering the party with an automatic pistol, secured their revolvers and the hag of money. He then ordered the trio to march in front of him. After marching some distance he slipped into the bush and disappeared. On earlier journeys a policeman always accompanied the company’s officials conveying the money io Pemberton.

An earlier message stated that an armed robber near Manjimup he'd up the manager and accountant of the National Bank, who were taking £1985 to the timber mills at Pemberton to >v the employees. The officials resisted, and the bandit, after shooting the manager (Mr Barber) in the hand, seized teh money, and escaped on horseback to the bush. A search has ,s° far been resultless.