EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY.
. .CAB, .LADY, AND'DARING CRIMINAL. ' .- (By Telegraph—Press Assol-liUloii.i . Auckland, October 30. An extraordinary, oaso rthbery vitb vio. Icnoe occurred last night'}. A-'lady who- emu# ' ; from. I'iji to . undergo, ayi was pboed 111 a eab -m by a doctor, who instructed a ms.ii who jumped on'the box •• - and assumed tho -drivor's scat, to drive th* ladr to. : a: privato hospital. ..The driver, in. s stead .of taking-, tho lady: there, drove her in tho- direction .of Onohunga. •• Tho ladVpro.'-* tested to the man,thai she had been carried ; .beyond-' her. destination, S'hcrc'iipon,--she ■ al- ' i legos, he left his scat, struck lier, stole her gold- rings -and jewellery,: and a.considerable - smn ■ of • monoy, , Tho doctor subsequently proceeded to tho v private 1 hospital to see. tho pntiont,. and, find- 5 ing sho was not there, communicated with tho - police. . Six constables, woro detailed to -unroll I tor tho lady, and found lior at 'Onchmißa.: Tha - polio# sent hei-to a-privat? hospital: Sho was - suffering from shock.. •vThe cab. was found- in Queen Street again, but t]io'driver had disappeared,.-. The cabman, ' ,it is .stated, .was, having his tea'when- a'nian known to.tho.polioe assumed Hie Tolc-of'driver* ' So for he has not been arrested
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 652, 1 November 1909, Page 8
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197EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 652, 1 November 1909, Page 8
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