IRISH DISORDERS.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 273, 20 November 1919, Page 5

IRISH DISORDERS.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY

BANK MANAGERS HELD UP

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Australian.and N.Z. Cable Association

./Received Nov. 20, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 19.

The biggest highway robbery during -recent .years occurred in County Masked thieves, wearing', their ■■ clothes', inside .'Out and bags tied.over their boots, held up two bank managers going to a fair and robbed them >of £18,000. • The managers were armed with revolvers, but they were gagged and tied to. the-wheels of a cart while the highwaymen .emptied tiieir .moneybags and .escaped.