A THIEFS MEAN RUSE.
FRAUD ON A SOUHEB'S WDt When Charles -Edward .• Buse »n remanded at Brentford, charged with stealIng £5 from Kα. Ada Loufea Young by means of a trick, a heartless story was told. ; ; ' Mrs. Young'e hnebaod Iβ terring abroad with the Bojal Englneere, and she received a telegram from Waterloo Road post offlce as follows:—"Wire mc £s,'arid meet mc at Brentford, Station Saturday at eilht.-aoe." . Thinking it had come from her hnsbaud, phe wired the money, and later received a telegram acknowledftim; it, and sejing a letter wmM ■ follow. Later a postcard which, came aronsed her suspicion, and she communicated with, the - poMce. A representative from the poet office bow said Base called and applied for the'money, bat payment was at first refneed because he could not establish his identity. Snbseqnently he returned, and produced what purported to be a discharge from the Boyal Nary in the name of Young. Bat the certificate bad been altered, and the name at Base ■abetltated. When arrested Base said ioe had been to Portsmouth during the I week-end, and bad giTen Us wife £2. A ramrod w«s ordered.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 240, 7 October 1916, Page 17
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188A THIEFS MEAN RUSE. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 240, 7 October 1916, Page 17
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