DISTURBED IRELAND.
A DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY. By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. # Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received November 20, 9.40 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 17. The biggest highway robbery during recent years occurred in North-west Cork. Masked thieves, wearing their clothes inside out, with bags tied over their boots,'held up two bank managers going to a fair, and robbed them ot £IB,OOO sterling. The managers were armed with revolvers, but were gagged and tied up to the Wheels of their cart while the highwaymen emptied tho money bags and escaped.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1680, 20 November 1919, Page 5
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87DISTURBED IRELAND. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1680, 20 November 1919, Page 5
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