GIRLS FOILS BANDITS.
CRIME WAVE CONTINUES. HOOPESTO'N, lUs., Nov. 16.—The heroism arid presence of mind of Airs. Nina Farrell, local telephone operator, saved the city from an organised bandit raid to-day. Nine thugs in two autos swept down on the town shortly nfler midnight, cut 1300 telephone lines,, and started to hl<h.Y the safes in the two banks mg| (he post When her lines woro cut, Mrs. Farrell realised immediately that something was wrong and she turned on a general li.ro alarm, which brought crowds of armed citizens to the street.
As the bell started to toll, night watchmen, policemen, firemen, and citizens flocked into the streets. Tpp bandits, by U|c ringing of tho boll, w<wp almost, rilt- off from their nutorooifilris by tile gathering citizens. They mado good their escape, however, though citizens still arc combing the woods in this vicinity in search of them. The robbers failed to securo any loot. Hoopeston is tlie wealthiest city in proportion to its 5000 population, in the State. Many millionaires reside here, and it is a centre of rural banking.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16321, 3 January 1924, Page 7
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179GIRLS FOILS BANDITS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16321, 3 January 1924, Page 7
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