INTRUDERS IN FACTORY

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23447, 30 September 1941, Page 10

INTRUDERS IN FACTORY

* MANAGER ATTACKED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Sept. 29. Viciously attacked by one of three men whom he surprised while they were rifling the safe of a clothing factorv in Newmarket yesterday after- > noon, Mr Eric Lloyd Riley, aged 31, manager of the factory, suffered severe head injuries and is in hospital in a serious condition. ' Mr Riley’s wife and four-year-old , child witnessed the attack. Mrs Riley telephoned the police, but the men escaped before the police arrived It was later discovered that about £IOO in cash was missing from the Sa Mr Riley called at the factory of E. L Riley Ltd., shortly after 4 p.m. to secure the safe door, which he remembered had been inadvertently left open, and met three men leaving the office. A struggle ensued as Mr Riley endeavoured to apprehend one of the men, and Mrs Riley used the office telephone to call the police. A bloodstained claw hammer, which is believed to have been used m the attack on Mr Riley, was found by the police near the scene the struggle. Detectives also recovered a bank bag containing £SO in the factory, bu more than £IOO is still missing, while small sums also were found to have been taken from two other offices m tl Mr Sa Me“ d o i o n n 6 iitloa to-night wss ' St AsTresuit of extensive inquiries by a large number of d^ tec l^ ves ’ f t^ay 6 suspects were arrested .late to-day. Two of the suspects are juveniles. Apparently the intruders had made use of an old motor-bus parked m a , lane at the back of the i a fS n l° ’ reach a window m the staff dressing room. -