BANDITS BUSY.
SHERIFF a good shot.
£IO,OOO STOLEN.
SXET FMNOtStJO'; Dec.' on the. Pacrlic-coast were ■vcay-active today. The net result was one bandit killed, two citizens slightly wounded, and £IO,OOO stolen. At Tacoina a gang opened the day by seizins a £2OOO payroll at the door of a bank. They fired one shot and escaped. The Reno National Bank was held ii)) at noon, and lost £SOOO. A small bank in a- suburb of Los Angeles last £3OOO. A bandit named Dunn attempted to rob the bank at Puyallup, Washington, bill, the result was like a motion picture firm. While the cashier was handing the bandit £SOOO another clerk touched an alarm which rang a gong outside the bank. The sheriff, who happened to be passing, awaited the robbor's appearance at the door and shot him dead.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16618, 23 December 1924, Page 3
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