PERTH SENSATION.
ROBBERY AT A POST OFFICE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Received Jan. 31. 55 p.m. Perth, Jan. 31. A Frenchman named Paul Lempriere pleaded vuilty to stealing £42 from the West Perth post office. He was arranged on several charges, and he was sentenced to six months on each of the first two and three months on each of the second two counts, the sentences to be cumulative. A sensational robberv occurred in Perth on January 17. A well-dressed man entered the West Perth post office, and, covering the manager with a revolver, emntied the cash drawer, securing about £4O. Police-Sergeant Hunter, seeing a man running, pursued the robber, who turned and fired at the police officer, but missed. He then ran to a motor-car and compelled to driver, at the revolver’s point, to start. A police motor-cycle followed, and on reaching the park tire robber left the car and dived into the bush, the police following. The fugitive fired five running shots at them, thereby securing a lead. Emerging from the park he held up another motorcar. and compelled the driver to drive rapidly away, and so escaped. He was subsequently arrested.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 February 1924, Page 6
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193PERTH SENSATION. Taranaki Daily News, 1 February 1924, Page 6
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