MONEY AND MOTOR CAR.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 121, 24 May 1932, Page 5

MONEY AND MOTOR CAR.

DARING THIEF'S "HAUL" EPSOM HOUSE ROBBED. OCCUPANTS NOT AWAKENED. After entering and robbing a house in Epsom last niglit while the occupants were asleep, a daring thief walked to the rear of the property and, entering the garage, stole a motor car and drove away in it. The house entered was the dwelling of Mr. Bertram .Tames Walker, 127, St. Andrew's Road. Mr. and Mrs. and their family retired about 10 o'clock, after securely locking the house. The thief gained entrance by forcing a window in tlie wash-house, which is attached to the house. He crept into the house without disturbing the sleeping occupants and in the dining room found a purse containing £5. He then went out bv the back door, after unlocking it from the inside. Mr. Walker's daughter said this morning that she hoard someone moving about the house at midnight, but thought it was her father, and she went off to sleep again. The garage from where Mr. Walker's motor car was taken was not locked, although the doors were closed. The car is a 1925 touring model, painted red, and bears the registered number 8420.