"DASHING DORA'S" GANG.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17343, 3 January 1922, Page 8

"DASHING DORA'S" GANG.

GERMAN SHOP ROBBERS arrested. (By OsvMe—Press Aesocletic«ir-Oopyrf?l»t-) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) BERLIN, December 31. Tho most sensational "Raffles" «180 In the history of German crime resulted in the arrest of five women and two men, who were caught with £50,000 wortlh. of stolen goods. The of thci gang is a woman cailod 'Tfcislung Dcita," °She has been twice divorced, and recently married a youth of twenty. Those arrested include the husband Dora's sister, Dora's daughter, nn ( " Morvilius, a merchant. Momhusa wife and the husband of one of the women are also implicated, but not yet arrested. Tlie latter is a well-known official and director of the Department engaged in the sale of German war materialThe gang's booty included a golden, coffee set of thirty-two pieces, valued at £ISOO, wlhich they_ carried off from a shop at a single visit. The women, went equipped with leather belts fitted with innumerable hooks, to which they attached valuables as they passed through, tho shops. Finally. Dora and her sister fell under the suspicion of a sales girl In a luxury shop, but they managed to bluff the manager. Next day their husband!- flashed thousands of mark notes in the manager's face, and compelled him to givo a written apology. The manager later, being struck by the youthfulncss of the husbands as compared with their wives, telephoned the police, who raided their flats and found piles of china, jewels, and otllier valuables. Investigations showed that the depredations had extended over several years, and that the thefts totalled £250,000 sterling. The crimes were made possible owing to the wholesale corruption among the police.