BURGLARS AT THE BANK.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 5, 31 December 1912, Page 5

BURGLARS AT THE BANK.

CLEVER AND DARING WORK

Sydney, December 30. Investigation of the sensational bank robbery indicates that it was the work of a clever and daring cracksman.

When the cover was removed from the locks it was evident that the levers bad been cut with a file, in some cases to the extent of fully an eighth of an inch.

The cracksman or cracksmen displayed extreme carefulness. The' locks were marked “T.” and “B.” meaning “top” and /‘bottom,” so no mistake was made in replacing the levers, which were also marked with the same object. The strong room door had been hung six weeks. The thieves must have visited the premises one night whilst they' were unoccupied and removed the locks, cut them to fit their keys, and replaced them.

FORTUNE ON THEIR Slt>E. NOT A NEW GAME. (Received 8.0 a.m.) Sydney, December 31. The bank robbers touched no part of the locks with their bare hands, as was proved through no finger prints having been discovered. Fortune favoured them inasmuch as the original intention was to transfer the old safe to the new branch, in which case the burglars would have found the old safe facing them "when they opened the strong room, but this was not carried-out. , The gang had made previous attempts in other new buildings which were approaching completion. The strong room doors in the premises of the Intercolonial Investment Company and the New Zealand Insurance Co. were recently both tampered, with. (Received 9.55 a.m.) ' Sydney, December 31. The bank robbery followed on a number of attempts upon several large city premises. Two men were seen leaving the bank carrying a heavy portmanteau.