CLEVER JEWEL ROBBERY.
Erip. a busy manufacturing city in Perm sylvania, was (he scene of an extraordinary robbery on November 22.
A local jeweller displayed a showcase filled with a dazzling assortment of diamond earrings, and brooches, jewelled watches, and other costly wares. The shop window was brilliantly illuminated with electric lights and attracted a large crowd. During the afternoon, a watch repairer at work only two feet from the show case suddenly noticed that half the contents had mysteriously disappeared. He gave the alarm, and an investigation disclosed that the thief had gained access to the cellar under the shop, and mounting a pile of boxes had drilled a hole through the cellar roof, cut a hole in the shop window, made an aperture in the bottom of the case, aud quietly removed the plunder. It is believed he had several accomplices crowded outside the shop, who kept other persons away while the robbery was in progress. Over £GOO worth of valuables were taken, and the police have no clue to aid them in the discovery of the robbers.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 16, 19 January 1901, Page 3 (Supplement)
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180CLEVER JEWEL ROBBERY. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 16, 19 January 1901, Page 3 (Supplement)
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