[1] During the early morning of 31 August, four men entered the basement window of the Toronto-Dominion Bank in the small town of Havelock, Ontario, while another waited in the get-away car.
[2] As they waited, the neighbouring butcher spotted their Buick vehicle, felt it was suspicious and noted down the license plate.
[1][3] After hitting a rock and abandoning their vehicles,[4] the robbers exchanged gunfire with the police and escaped into the wilderness east of the Crowe River.
[2] On 4 September, three suspects were found by Frederick Andrews of Stirling, one of many civilians who were helping the police with the search.
"[1] Despite two years of planning, the series of delays in their escape resulted in them becoming known as the "bad luck bank robbers".