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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

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

Date11/16/1981
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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
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(...)
8/4/1971
Historical footprints in America
Historical footprints in America
n.d.
Worried shopkeepers in Chinatown, where bomb blast killed a cook and robbers stole $2,500 from a travel agency, say they fear a gang of extortionists (...)
Worried shopkeepers in Chinatown, where bomb blast killed a cook and robbers stole $2,500 from a travel agency, say they fear a gang of extortionists (...)
5/4/1977
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
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
Net worth: Alvis Fogels shows off some of the 50,000 trout he will supply to Metro restaurants this year, they're raised from scratch at his hatchery near Owen Sound
Net worth: Alvis Fogels shows off some of the 50,000 trout he will supply to Metro restaurants this year, they're raised from scratch at his hatchery near Owen Sound
1/6/1983
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
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(...)
3/30/1935
The price is too high says Dr. Jack Lindzon, the young dentist who was shot trying to apprehend two bank robbers a week ago today. Now recuperating at Wellesley Hospital, indications are he'll get no financial payment.
The price is too high says Dr. Jack Lindzon, the young dentist who was shot trying to apprehend two bank robbers a week ago today. Now recuperating at Wellesley Hospital, indications are he'll get no financial payment.
4/8/1969
Smith brothers: Roy, 75, (left) and Bill, 80, now sleep at a cousin's farm.
Smith brothers: Roy, 75, (left) and Bill, 80, now sleep at a cousin's farm.
11/11/1982
Footprint left behind: A footprint left on the blood-smeared sixth floor landing is believed to belong to a barefooted killer who dragged Jean Harrison, 18, down the stairwell
Footprint left behind: A footprint left on the blood-smeared sixth floor landing is believed to belong to a barefooted killer who dragged Jean Harrison, 18, down the stairwell
4/25/1981