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Baggageman Arthur Manders, 64, shows where robbers forced him to lie on the floor yesterday while they slashed open mail bags. It was the first robber(...)
Baggageman Arthur Manders, 64, shows where robbers forced him to lie on the floor yesterday while they slashed open mail bags. It was the first robber(...)

Baggageman Arthur Manders, 64, shows where robbers forced him to lie on the floor yesterday while they slashed open mail bags. It was the first robber(...)

Date8/4/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Baggageman Arthur Manders; 64; shows where robbers forced him to lie on the floor yesterday while they slashed open mail bags. It was the first robbery he had seen in his 48 years with the railway. The hold-up men were wearing flesh-colored masks; one of them was armed with a crowbar; a gun and a knife.
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Robbery aftermath: Bags of loot which robbers failed to take with them lie strewn on floor in Simpsons' basement at Yonge and Queen Sts
Robbery aftermath: Bags of loot which robbers failed to take with them lie strewn on floor in Simpsons' basement at Yonge and Queen Sts
10/4/1982
Baggageman Arthur Manders, 64, of the Canadian National Railways passenger train Lakeshore, points to the place a hold-up man entered the car yesterda(...)
Baggageman Arthur Manders, 64, of the Canadian National Railways passenger train Lakeshore, points to the place a hold-up man entered the car yesterda(...)
8/4/1971
Chased off attackers: Guy Smart, 73, shows how he was beaten over the head with a steel ashtray by robbers who burst into his apartment
Chased off attackers: Guy Smart, 73, shows how he was beaten over the head with a steel ashtray by robbers who burst into his apartment
11/3/1982
Donna Petrevski: she watched in horror as a robber repeatedly slashed her husband with a butcher's knife in their delicatessen
Donna Petrevski: she watched in horror as a robber repeatedly slashed her husband with a butcher's knife in their delicatessen
11/30/1982
Robbery Scene: Armed robbers got away with about $7 million in cash and cheques Sunday from the offices of National Armoured Ltd
Robbery Scene: Armed robbers got away with about $7 million in cash and cheques Sunday from the offices of National Armoured Ltd
11/30/1992
Pummelled to the Ground by a young robber who stole his watch while an accomplice looked on, Arthur Collings is helped by Police Cadet Richard Lackey.(...)
Pummelled to the Ground by a young robber who stole his watch while an accomplice looked on, Arthur Collings is helped by Police Cadet Richard Lackey.(...)
9/1/1971
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
Beaten and robbed: Roy Smith, 76, shows footprints left by robbers who stole $50,000 from him and his 80-year-old brother William on Saturday near Peterborough
Beaten and robbed: Roy Smith, 76, shows footprints left by robbers who stole $50,000 from him and his 80-year-old brother William on Saturday near Peterborough
11/16/1981
Thrown to the ground by a robber, 24-year-old Joy Anastasakis of Don Mills held on to the purse until the strap broke
Thrown to the ground by a robber, 24-year-old Joy Anastasakis of Don Mills held on to the purse until the strap broke
2/9/1975
Long trial: The wheels of justice began grinding almost three years ago for three robbers finally convicted yesterday - from left, Natale Fiumara, Mike Proestos and Frank Bruno
Long trial: The wheels of justice began grinding almost three years ago for three robbers finally convicted yesterday - from left, Natale Fiumara, Mike Proestos and Frank Bruno
12/8/1983
They chased two armed robbers at high speeds over gravel roads yesterday while relaying directions to police and dodging a blazing shotgun. Craig Roge(...)
They chased two armed robbers at high speeds over gravel roads yesterday while relaying directions to police and dodging a blazing shotgun. Craig Roge(...)
11/24/1976
Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
Hijacked van: This rental van, used by Cache Armored Express instead of an armored truck, was hijacked by armed robbers, who made off with $540,000 in Metro's largest cash robbery
7/9/1985