BANDITS' BOLD COUP.
BANK CAR ROBBED. SUM OF £20,000 SECURED. United Service. NEW YORK. Dec 13. A gang of 10 bandits attacked and overpowered the driver of an armoured car belonging to the First National Bank and decamped wi{b £20,000. The attack was made just after daylight to-day, when the car with money for the payment of wages had entered Hudson Street, which was deserted except for a milk van. The bandits, iD two cars, camo from tho rear, and waited until the milkman had returned from the delivery of an order. They then confronted the man with fheir guns, and warned him to stand still in silence.
Then the bandit's car was driven swiftly forward, and run in ahead of tho bank car, which was forced to the kerb.
The robbers fired several volleys, which smashed tho plate-glass window in front of the armoured car and wounded the driver who fell back in his seat.
They then attacked the rear door. With a machine they drilled a hole in this large enough for one bandit to insert his arm, and unlatch tho lock.
The residents of the street were just beginning to take notice of the shooting when the robbers escaped.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20130, 15 December 1928, Page 13
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202BANDITS' BOLD COUP. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20130, 15 December 1928, Page 13
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