ROBBERY UNDER ARMS
BANK MESSENGERS ATTACKED. A DESPERATE ENCOUNTBR. Prea» Aaeoeiation--By Telegraph—Copyright OTTAWA, July 24. (Received July 25, at 8.5 p.m.) In a sensational street hold-up in Toronto six bandits engaged in'a pistol battle and wounded the bank messengers. The robbers then escaped with a bag containing 50.000 dollars. The messengers, who were returning from the Clearing House, put up a desperate struggle, and saved other bags containing a large sum of money, the exact amount of which is not divulged.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18924, 26 July 1923, Page 7
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