MAIL BAG ROBBERY
BANDITS’ £200,000 HAUL
(Reccivcil Deo. 8, noon.) CHICAGO., Doc. <>,
In the early morning four or live armed bandits held up a mail .carried with a guard, and escaped with registered mail of a face value of over £200,000, including cheques and securities.
The amount negotiable is not known, but it is believedito 'be comparatively small.
'The robbery occurred within 100 ft. of ;i United States (iovernniont, I‘ost Office.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17957, 8 December 1932, Page 7
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71MAIL BAG ROBBERY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17957, 8 December 1932, Page 7
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