ASHBURTON BURGLARY.
MONEY TAKEN FROM SAFE. THE THIEF'S COOLNESS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ASBURTON, Monday. A burglary presenting unusual features is being investigated by the police. A thief entered Mr. H. C. Percy's tobacconist shop, taking about £35, of which only. £5 was in cheques, from the safe. A peculiar feature is that during the night Mrs. Percy heard a noise in her bedroom, but did not awaken her husband, who knew nothing was amiss until he opened - the shop as usual. On returning to lunch, Mrs. Percy informed him that a burglar had been in the house, as the window had been forced. Investigation showed that the thief entered the dwelling, crept along a passage and extracted the keys from Mr. Percy's coat, which, was hanging 2ft away, and then went to the shop, where the door and safe naturally proved easy of access. The thief then returned to the house and replaced the keys in the coat.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 152, 29 June 1926, Page 11
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