BANDIT USES PEPPER.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 52, Issue 248, 2 August 1932, Page 3

BANDIT USES PEPPER.

THEFT OF £2OOO IN JEWELS. Detectives from Vine Street London were searching the West End one night recently for a bandit who threw pepper in the face of Mr Arthur Beiman, a jeweller, at his office m Haymarket, and snatched a bag containing jewellery valued at £2OOO Tho attack was made shortly alter the luncheon hour while. Mr Berman was on his way with the jewellery to a nearby firm. ~ ((lv/r A member of the firm, said: . M Rerman left his office on the first flooi with a black leather jewel bag in ins hand. He met a man just as he readied the turn in the stairs leading to the S "The man turned and hung a cloud of pepper into Mr Berman s face. As Mr Berman put up his hands to protect Ms eves, the thief snatched the hag and then, apparently, walked out oi the building as. if ho had come on normal business. .. , . ~ . "Mr Berman was thrown oil: his reet by the attack and, as lie fell his head broke a glass door on the landing. . His eves were streaming from the elicit or the pepper and he was unable to see where the man went. . "As Mr Berman was limping as the result of a recent accident it was impossible for him to have followed the man in any case."