Canada Congratulating Herself on Freedom from Bandit Hold-
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Canada has been congratulating herself that the epidemic of sensational bandit holdups which has became so prevalent in the United States was not showing much tendency to spread to this country. is true that there have not. been many of these crimes in Canada, but we are not entirely free from them. A few weeks ago the manager of an uptown theatre was robbed late in the evening of the entire contents of his till and up to the moment of writing no trace of the robbers has been found, Just this week a similar attempt Was made by three men at a West End drug store. The coolness and bravery of the drug clerk and the inexperience of the bandits resulted in the failure of the attempt to rob the store, but the attempt was made and no doubt unless such bandits Jare caught and severely punished. this sort of crime will tend to me crease,
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