ANOTHER DARING ROBBERY.
THEFT OF £20.
The; series of thefts'from houses A the Auckland district has not yet co~i to an end, for this week another clever - robbery has'occurred, exceeding in dating anything which had previously bed •reported. Mrs Cooper, an elderly, lady, living with a married son in Greeii' street, occupied, a bedroom with a v«n* dow overlooking two neighbours' house,!She left her room in the morning for*. few minutes, and was surprised to:M the door locked from the inside w&e? she returned. She could hear nobody, inside the room, and she went around\Jj§| the side of the house to look through the window. This she found opef, though., it was closed and fastened when she left' the room k few minutes fijjjjj fore. Suspicion was now thorougMi aroused,, and it was soon discovered th»g3 k cash-box containing £20 in gold anvl n ;| lady's bag with £2 10/ in it had di« ' ; appeared. Both were subsequent!;'. found in the garden, the cash-box bioUij oped and' the money gone. The thief effect tli|j raid that the satchel was unopened. Be 3' pite the fact that it was daylight, and people were moving about in the vicin* ity of the house, no one seems to hay« seen the thief, but the police have th£-,-matter in hand, and are making invest gallons* ; -■•'. -,'*.,. ___J
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 109, 8 May 1903, Page 4
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