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Midnight thugs can't get up this sleeve, One of the best answers to the crime wave which has netted large hauls in house break-ins recently is this ni(...)
Midnight thugs can't get up this sleeve, One of the best answers to the crime wave which has netted large hauls in house break-ins recently is this ni(...)

Midnight thugs can't get up this sleeve, One of the best answers to the crime wave which has netted large hauls in house break-ins recently is this ni(...)

Date10/25/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: Midnight thugs can't get up this sleeve; One of the best answers to the crime wave which has netted large hauls in house break-ins recently is this night depository at a downtown branch of a Toronto bank. [Incomplete]
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109440F
Bank robbers vanish with $5,000, As society as they appeared, a youthful pair of armed thugs scooped up $5,000 in the Bank of Toronto, Queen St. E. an(...)
Bank robbers vanish with $5,000, As society as they appeared, a youthful pair of armed thugs scooped up $5,000 in the Bank of Toronto, Queen St. E. an(...)
2/9/1933
Three Thugs Rob Bronte Bank of $1,600, Three thugs with sawed-off with sawed-off shotguns entered the Bronte branch of the Bank of Montreal yesterday (...)
Three Thugs Rob Bronte Bank of $1,600, Three thugs with sawed-off with sawed-off shotguns entered the Bronte branch of the Bank of Montreal yesterday (...)
4/22/1933
Working for six hours, the thugs drilled through two safes and blew another to pieces
Working for six hours, the thugs drilled through two safes and blew another to pieces
3/21/1949
What a haul
What a haul
10/22/1995
A CP Air worker (left) at Pearson International Airport does her best to explain a foul-up in flight plans to furious passengers who were grounded ins(...)
A CP Air worker (left) at Pearson International Airport does her best to explain a foul-up in flight plans to furious passengers who were grounded ins(...)
6/24/1986
Believers: Insurance specialists David Cowper, left, Chris Snyder, centre, and Tom Delamere know all the ins and outs of so-called key-man policies. Large companies with lots of bench strength may not need such insurance but smaller companies are vulnerab
Believers: Insurance specialists David Cowper, left, Chris Snyder, centre, and Tom Delamere know all the ins and outs of so-called key-man policies. Large companies with lots of bench strength may not need such insurance but smaller companies are vulnerab
3/1/1984
Unwelcome visitor: Home and apartment break-ins have almost doubled in Metro in the last 10 years to about one every half-hour
Unwelcome visitor: Home and apartment break-ins have almost doubled in Metro in the last 10 years to about one every half-hour
4/30/1987
Security system: The Dicon 9000 security system protects homeowners from break-ins, fire and medical emergencies
Security system: The Dicon 9000 security system protects homeowners from break-ins, fire and medical emergencies
6/22/1989
Loot recovered from Sutton Break-ins, Constable John Sheldon (left) and Constable Bill Claughton of York Region police check over some of the $30,000 (...)
Loot recovered from Sutton Break-ins, Constable John Sheldon (left) and Constable Bill Claughton of York Region police check over some of the $30,000 (...)
12/29/1986
Double trouble: Jewelry storeowner Shing shows electronic eye he had put in after two daylight break-ins by armed robbers in six months
Double trouble: Jewelry storeowner Shing shows electronic eye he had put in after two daylight break-ins by armed robbers in six months
5/14/1981
Answer to doorquiz, The door in yesterday's Grab bag guards the Toronto Dominion Bank at 205 Yonge Street, just north of Queen Street
Answer to doorquiz, The door in yesterday's Grab bag guards the Toronto Dominion Bank at 205 Yonge Street, just north of Queen Street
2/12/1982
Straining, fireman Pat Cleveland, helped by a passerby (left), hauls Norman MacCubbin 200 feet up the Scarborough Bluffs after he had gone down to the(...)
Straining, fireman Pat Cleveland, helped by a passerby (left), hauls Norman MacCubbin 200 feet up the Scarborough Bluffs after he had gone down to the(...)
8/31/1975