MOSCOW BANK ROBBERY.
I . —- — RINGLEADER ARRESTED. I I By Telegraph. Association.—Copyright. Geneva. April G. | A Russian, while inebriated, was ar- ! rested at Zurich with a wallet in his possession filled with banknotes. He : afterwards confessed that he was the i ringleader of the Moscow Bank robbery. Tito amount stolon from the Bank of Moscow was £90.000. The Rang of robbers, after overpowering the bank's guards, placed a large infernal machine in the middle of the office, and threatened to explode it. if ho slightest attempt were made to raise an alarm. The cle.rks were locked in inner rooms, and the robbers then ransadked the desks and safes. The whole operation only occupied 15 minutes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13147, 9 April 1906, Page 5
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114MOSCOW BANK ROBBERY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13147, 9 April 1906, Page 5
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