A DARING BURGLARY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 547, 30 June 1909, Page 7

A DARING BURGLARY.

CLERQYMAN'3 HOME RANSACKED. : OVER £40 .WORTH OF MONEY AND ' JEWELLERY TAKEN., ' - Burglaries havo been'almost unknown w Wellington for soveral months past,' but tho' - : spelV was; broken .early yesterday morning; .i" ; when ono of tho Sykos .family, raided • tho — manso attached to. <St; Mark's Church, in Sussov Square, and departed ' with, jowoilory r. • and oash valued- at tlft' lowest estimate at 1 about iE4ll<'- 'Jlifli.'rphber/ can:: at leaßt bo : : '• credited with .iv certain ! amount of daring. ' &lnp / 'timo.::duriiig:'.thb;;-carly':hours . : pf : tho morning.he effected an eiitranie. to tlio' maiito' v ' k through'tho, window;., of 'tho t ß«v. A. M. , Johiisonjs. study,- :whicli v window had liot. been -. r - .locked beforo:Mr.: and Mrs. Jphnson retired * for. thoJnight.; .' ,The'burglar. : sought!.what. he' could lind m sundry'desks and drawers, and niiduy a.candlo m olio of .the rooms he pro- ; .. , cecded to, the sleeping.. apartments'. ■of -th* : Occupant's of tlio.hbuse, and by. tho aid-ot tho : knidly. light,located tho : :olothes of Mr. Johnsoni; which, weroiliftngiiigiin tlio room, aaadf from which tlnoo BOverfcigns were extrcctod • from a sovereign.caw. -Tho caso itself, which ■" .bore tho owner's monogram, was Jolt. A ' bmicli of keys' wna also-taken from Mr, Johnson's pockets. l and armed with tlieso tho > ! burglar, procecde'ji ;to: tho' vestry of the church,; gaining', access'by- means of one of ■ the keys.' Ho opened tho'safe in tho vostrj nl of: tho key?, and roniovod about ■>'■> >. '• £20 Worth of jewellery, o\vned .by Mrs.-John. • • : son/alsd six sovereigns belonging to the vicars .wife;..and-, about, £12 in cnbli, the pro. porty of ihe church.','(Several.of ! .tho ehurch !>,"( ~! t bubsciiptioii boxes were also-'broken open and ! - their contents takeri; : -The amount of-money tho boxes contained is not known.' . . About two' ycars.ago a considerable'amount : ' ; of .money ' belonging-; to ; St.; Mark's Church; : - and held by. the .lalo Rev, R. Coffey was ' V stolen from the iiiau6o,,and:'the burglar was never traced. -■ -- . . . '..