THE BANK ROBBERY NEAR MELBOURNE.
(Reuteb's Telegbamb. Melbouenki, June 4. Further particulars published to-d»y regarding tha Simpson's road bank robbery show the affair to have been skilfully prepared aud carried into execution. The robbers effected an entrance into the building through a window and awaited tho arrival ' of the manager and his assistant inside tbf bank. The attack was so sudden that resist ance waß impossible on the part of the victims, who were gagged and bound hand and foot and placed under a table, where they were eventually discovered. The total proceeds of the robbery amount to £1165. A reward of £550 is offered by the National Bank of Australasia for such it-formation ac will lead to the arrest and conviction of the men who assaulted and robbed the officials of the Simpson's road branch. The police are actively prosecuting their investigations into the Simpson's read robbery, ■ hut up to tha present have been unsuccessful in their endeavours to obtain a clue.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1751, 13 June 1885, Page 11
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163THE BANK ROBBERY NEAR MELBOURNE. Otago Witness, Issue 1751, 13 June 1885, Page 11
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