MESSENGERS ATTACKED
ROBBED OP LARGE SUM OF MONEY. OUTRAGE AT MARSEILLES. (inited Tresis Association—By Electric Telegrapn Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) MARSEILLES, Nov. 22. Five maiskwl bandits drove; in a ttaxieab it o the entrance of the Elgero;tnniSicnine Bank opposite the Stock Exchange to-day amid huindrediS' of people and theld up three messengers money to a large factory on the outskirts of the town.
The messengers resisting, the bandits fired from pistols and tore the pouches from the messengers’ bodies. They .then re-entered the taxi and dirove off at a furious rate.
The crowd at first thought it a “stunt” for the cinematograph, bat found a messenger named Loudier, aged ti(i dead, and the others seriously injured. The bandit's scoured £3OOO. Latest reports state three of the 'bannits wore captured near Avignon.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 November 1928, Page 5
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