DARING BANK ROBBERY.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5185, 4 June 1885, Page 3

DARING BANK ROBBERY.

i ABANiK, ,: [ ••, '•;■; [Rbotbr's 1 TEtßQitoisi]';'"l. . ' ■:;',> ■■ ■ ■■':!,•_■•■; •■ ,',■-•■ , ■•' ■ ~>! i : '" ;: ' : '' . Melbourne, Wednesday. :" A'MOST ddring'robbery was,, committed this', morning, . 10 ; tiSdit, at Simpson's road branchof the National Bank;<)f |^ustralasia M ffhioii [hajijbeqn closed yesterday : afternoon with '*o money' on .the l 'premises;' ;,; 'Gnj 'the arrival this 'morning of Mf ! Humphries, manager,,.of; the. branch,', accompanied by, Mr Bradshaw/his the chief establishment, -bearihg' 'IiOOO,' botbj were''trttacked" men,, tyirq. pi , whoim .'presented rejrolVersj' whilst the third brandished a.cro\vbar'. Meßsrs Humphries' andfßradsbawjwere the attack', and the ; threatening manner/of the. robbers. ; Both .officialsv',Were. knocked • down* arid 'their hands secilrely /strapped .; behind ' j their backs.. The, manager's revolyerjwas .then, .taken: .from his person, and ; the robbers decamped-with £1100, leaving their victims/ lying helpless onj ;the grourid.';.'Messrs Humphriesjnd shaw ,were. subsequently reieaaed. by a and information of; the robbery.,was immediately'■•'given to the police/';. The. numbers of the notes stolen are not known, s I ,

; : ■' •:■■:, •';.• ; ; - T I^Ater.V J ''The total 'amount takon by /the robbers'•.frbni.''..'Simpson's...' road/ bank officials, was/ : ,£1155,:0f : which'. £955 wereiiinotesj JSIOO in'gold, and;the balancfTin silver.- 'No, elite has yet been/discovered as, to the identity of the .robbers, 'and : the ; numbei'3 ; of the notes; cannot be ascertained. : • ! ; -