BANK ROBBERY.
THE GANG ARRESTED. Melbourne, Nov. 24. The AUrrfc Park branch of the National Bank of Australia was stuck up this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The manager, who fired three times on the assailant without effect, was overpowered, and the robbers made off with £90. The police, however, followed them, and succeeded in arresting the gang. It is reported that the manager was wounded in the hand. Later. Mr Dare, the manager of the Albert Park branch of the National Bank of Australia, displayed great courage in the encounter with the robbers this afternoon. Several shots were fired by both sides, though without effect. Mr Dare received a cut on one of his hands through breaking a window. To-day. The men who stuck up the Bank at Albert Park yesterday are brothers who only recently arrived in Australia. They allege they were starving and this led to the crime. One had previously interviewed the manager, Mr Dare, on the pretence of opening an account. The total amount stolen was £250, most of which was recovered.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4725, 25 November 1886, Page 2
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