BURGLARS AT WORK.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1474, 24 June 1912, Page 4

BURGLARS AT WORK.

PfIINGLE'S, LTD, lIANSACKCO.

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• .Bflweon _l'l p.m: on Saturday and $ . o'dork j (-<-(».- njoriiiiiif 'the premises' faijey'lf; gcocls ■^'and^ , ' := ;V- ---. needlework''/ dialers,' on Lamb(on : ..- , Oiiny;-/ was-"entered,Vand'/'a/good . part of; 1 • ti-.'i **.tOi:k r.-ii'saeked, by a burglar. l>"!-giary;:>ynsv.(liHcoyeM-d by a o!i\;iiightf:diity;iwho?at 8 a.m. yc6terday;fe" ; * ' : loiindr onojol ti;o - street door? ahr, and n 'n'iriii; -K Ji p ju lu toe h,;ht^ that* tho'stock had been IK.* J -turned/over-by mine midnight maraud:r.:g?>*! I fft-ntiair v.--.!s at .oncc\ruport«kto head-.. : '(uanurs:: and'.Detective Lewis was 1 phtcod" m charg-: of" the. Hi M'fiivh ~r ■ • I'lyeMijtstlon byMlavlight; yesterday ex-x : ;Y;':. posed-. the mentis'by,. which; the burglar J entered. Jhe shop i'is in 'a three-story .. . brick .biiiMins— part.ofa .'block—andatjV.-'J the- rf.Mr is. ;jn' exterior wooden;, stairway. '' which -is used as a Ure-escaps.': ■ Underfi; ' the firc-errcapo,. a window was found \rithr-T* ' a small .hole;broken -in the glass, übont . thrw> inches to the right., of the ■ cji.teh.v By this means the-'burglar had cvideitiijrfi:.';. pusjicd ..back, tho catch, opened Uio,.v>ii>,'J' \ flow,' and entered the bi;i!<iin.?, . . - ..'The burglary is uot-6ui>|ioscd to bo the;;..:' i'work of b;i . cxperienceu .-"crib-cracker,"i'j' or-Dven a man, as tho hole, is not larjifl : ' enoticli for n mail's hand to go thro!;i;h, Ko that unless ono of the "proieMion had an-:Oliver Twist in his'employ, it is.'j'-.S probablei that tho work is that "of a bny.iJ:.'f j.Thoro are other reasons which ; also pniiit- , lo ' I hat ■ conclusion, Having ransackcd - the stock, tho burglar must have cala)ly.-';5:-. opened the street door, und walked oiT'* - . along Xambtoa Quav. . ■ i:"-* \ It is etipiiosca tfiat the guiltv party mado his way to tho rear. of*Priigle'«.V2J; ;by, descending tho hill from the Terraca';':.: above. The premises immediately'behind?:/' tho shop are separated by a narrow backupyard and a high concrete wall,, but n-est l :?r's door is a.n unoccupied and \rted-6rowir eec4i%~ tion. by which on onterprising might scrambio doivn to the rear of . the'":-,; premises fronting the Quay. ' :■■■ From what can be gathered,' no money-i:^:'' : ' was taken from the premises; but, owingSKl to the character of the btock, it cas- im- !' possible to »v yesterday, whether orany articles baa been taken by* the. in- f;. f, iredcr. Vi ! \■