The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 36, September 5, 2004, Article 21

WORLD'S SLOWEST GETAWAY?

  We sometimes highlight failed bank robbery attempts, not
  because there's much of a numismatic connection, but
  because it can be so much fun to see just how stupid thieves
  can be.   The latest report come from the "News of the Weird"
  column:

  "Two men were arrested in Dearborn, Mich., in July and
  charged with robbing a Bank One branch, done in by a glitch
  in their getaway plan. They had hopped on mountain bikes to
  make their exit (which bank robbers have used with success
  from time to time), but they were apparently unfamiliar with
  the concept of a gearshift, and both men rode away in first
  gear (or perhaps second), so slowly that one witness followed
  them easily on foot, and a bank guard got close enough to
  shoot one of them in the arm. They were quickly arrested.
  [MSNBC.com, 7-15-04] "
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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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