ROBBERY FRUSTRATED

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1930, Page 7

ROBBERY FRUSTRATED

BURGLARS caught in bank

CLERK SUMMONS POLICE

REVOLVER FIGHT FOLLOWS

SUBMISSION TO ARREST

By Talegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 9 p.m. Sydney, Oct. 7. Two. burglars attempting to rob the Coonabarabran branch of the Bank of Xew Smith Wales early this morning were caught red-handed by the police after an exchange of shots. William Thomas, aged 22, a ledger-keeper, was the,only occupant of the bank building and was awakened by the burglars, who hit him on the head with a piece Ox iron, gagged and bound him. He, however, managed to get free and escaped unnoticed. He brought the police who -found the burglars in the act of wrecking the strongroom door and commanded them to surrender. '

Several shots were fired, the burglars using Thomas’ revolver. Finally they submitted to arrest.

The bank’s strongroom contained about £6OOO.

■ A burglar last night entered the bedroom of the New Zealand horse-trainer, •H. B; Lorigan, and disturbed Mrs. Lorigkn, who screamed. The thief escaped without obtaining any money.

Footpads brutally assaulted an elderly man named Charles Ewen at Mascot in broad daylight to-day and stole a large sum of money representing the takings of his son’s butcher shop which he was carrying to the bank.