DARING METHOD
CHRISTCHURCH RAG-SNATCHER.
COLLIDES WITH. CYCLISTS
AN ELDERLY WOMAN’S LOSS
(Per Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day
A hag-snatcher who employs a daring method for his crime, and one which might result in serious injury to the victim, is at work in the city. He rides a bicycle and collides with his intended victim before carrying off the spoils. One adventure involved an elderly woman who suffered the theft of a leather hand-bag containing about £2 in cash and other articles valued at between £4 and £5.
“The incident happened about nine o’clock last night,” the woman told a reporter this morning. “I waft cycling along Dublin Strait when another cyclist suddenly collided with mo without any warning. I fell to the ground with my machine and whilst I was lying on the road helpless my bag was taken away from me.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 87, 22 January 1938, Page 6
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