The Archive · 1937

Hire Car Used in Armed Robbery

Shortly before 8 p.m. on June 25, two robbers, one armed with a pistol, secured the unwilling services of a Ford Hire car and forced the driver to take them on a short tour 'o* the Settlement before they decided to rob a pawnshop at 241 East, Kat ing Road. Here, while the unarmed man kept watch' over the driver, the other entered the shop and intimldated the occupants into giving him all the money they had.

He returned to the car, and the two robbers drove off, to later stop the car and tell the chauffeur to depart with his vehicle in a hurry, He did, to the Kashing Road Police JStation, detectives from which were soon on the trail.

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