ROBBERY BY A YOUTH.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 421, 12 June 1922, Page 5

ROBBERY BY A YOUTH.

■•HULL THE BUSHRANGER.” MILL MANAGER’S NARROW ESCAPE. MELBOURNE, June 10. Later details of the robbery of £IOO from Clime’s knitting mill show that it was committed by a youth named Clilford Hull, aged 17 years. When pursued he fired two shots, one ol which passed through the hair of the manager of the mill. The robber then crossed the street, poked the butt of his rifle through a shop window and took a watch. When the proprietor came out to .see tin; cause of the noise Hull pointed the rifle at him and told him not to follow him. Some time later he met a carrier a couple oi miles from town, to whom he gave the manifesto referred to on Saturday, signed “Hull, bushranger.” Hull was formerly employed at the mill and was dismissed over a dispute with another employee. Before committing the robbery bo paid two visits to the mill. One of the employees, Miss Evans, made a plucky dash to give the alarm, but when she reached the police station it was closed with a notice on the door, “Back at .3.30,” the constable in charge being away in the country. After the robbery Hull raised his hat to sonic girl acquaintance and made a deep bow to scores of people who were peeping from shop doors.

Hull said ho would bo hiding in a place of refuge of an old-tiino bushranger. Tho boy’s mother states he has probably lost his mental balance through reading “Dead wood Dick” stories and closely studying tho motion pictures. She has sent a verbal message to him through the police, urging him to surrender. Several of his relatives are also searching for him.—Press Association.