SHOTS EXCHANGED.
THIEF AND HOUSEHOLDER. INTRUDER HIT. FRUITLESS CHASE. (From Onr Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, July 11. ' Randwick.. a suburb which has been I: in the limelight on many occasions I recently, was again the centre of , I attention by a daring thief last week- .' end. Though wounded by a revolver ', j shot, he made his escape. , j Captain Clarence E. Body, of Avoca \ I Street, was in his bathroom at 10.30 ; | p.m. on Saturday, when he heard noises ;! from the front rooms. He was specially 1, on the alert in view of the fact that • j thieves ransacked his house only a few '■ weeks ago and took over £200 worth of ' goods. He ran into one of the front rooms, and switched on tbe light in time ' to see a man halfway through one of ' the windows. 1 Captain Body ordered the man to I put up his bands, but the thief, realising that it was only a bluff, jumped out and , ran towards the fence. As he ran he turned and fired in the direction of the ; window, the bullet striking the wood- . work. Nothing loth, Captain Body procured i i his own revolver and ran out the front r j door with it in his hand. By that time i j the thief was outside the front fence, ; and when Captain Body fired he states 5 that the thief fell down. He was up 3 | again immediately, however, and ran ; j away in the direction of Orange Street. | Randwick. I I His pursuer ran into the street an;l | hailed a passing motor car, and after I j explaining the situation, was driven in 5 the direction the fugitive had taken. _ The man was sighted again, but he . eventually made his escape into some f scrub at the side of the road, and despite 1 searches made by the police, he was not ; located. ! All the metropolitan hospitals were ' telephoned by the police in the hope ? that the thief would go there for treat--3 ment of the wound it is thought was inflicted by Captain Body, but he was 7 not found.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 168, 17 July 1924, Page 8
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