Ms. Fox still gets upset when she recalls an attempted robbery two years ago at Resorts in which a female guard was shot in the eye.

While upstairs with Helen, both she and Chandler heard Johnson breaking into the house and witness his attempted robbery.

Then there would be no attempted robbery.

The others who were unfortunate enough to cross Mr. Collins's murderous path were strangers, victims of his attempted robberies or bystanders, the police said.

He gets a third job at a convenience store, where he successfully thwarts an attempted robbery and is promoted to store manager.

The theory that Q needed ready cash, as his attempted robbery at the Andorra indicated, was rapidly disproven.

The bank's manager walks over and, thinking the note signals an attempted robbery, pushes the alarm button.

Less than two weeks later, charges against Jackson were dropped because a police investigation found that he had no prior knowledge of the alleged attempted robbery.

An off-duty New York City police officer was shot in the hand during a possible attempted robbery early yesterday, the Nassau County police said.

It is a 215-page paperback novel which describes an attempted robbery in an isolated hotel on Costa Brava.