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Gunmen escape with $3,400, For the second time within 10 months, two armed robbers, thought by police to be the same men who carried out the robbery o(...)
Gunmen escape with $3,400, For the second time within 10 months, two armed robbers, thought by police to be the same men who carried out the robbery o(...)

Gunmen escape with $3,400, For the second time within 10 months, two armed robbers, thought by police to be the same men who carried out the robbery o(...)

Date3/30/1935
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Original Toronto Star caption: Gunmen escape with $3;400; For the second time within 10 months; two armed robbers; thought by police to be the same men who carried out the robbery on the previous occasion; yesterday raided the branch office of the Dominion Bank of Canada; Davenport Road and Laughton Ave.; and after forcing three members of the staff and a client to lie down on the floor; ransacked the teller's cage of $3;400 in cash and valuable securities. Last March $1;336 was stolen and the robbers were not apprehended.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109496F
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