HAUL BY JEWEL THIEVES
Raid in Hatton Garden After thieves had ixcently cut open the safe of a Hatton Gai'..en jewel firm, London, aud stolen jewellery worth £3500. they left behind oue of the most elaborate'and efficient set' of safebreaking tools which nave evet fallen into the hands of the j.eiice. The ei|uipinent iucaulcd chispiSj drills, jemmies and a “turn-table, which had evidently been used to cut open tho safe. and. was modelled ou the principle of a tia-opener. The raid was at the offices ot Messrs. Gershon Brothers, diamond mounters and jewellers, and among the jewellery stolen were diamond rings, bracelets and uncut stones, one <f the braeek’t sets with diamonds luitig worth £<>ao. The robbery was ilisiovered by a woman employed in Hi<- building. It is believed that the thieies bid in the building and waited until it was deserted before beginning their operations. Messrs. Gershon's premises are on the second floor, and. though other offices had been entered, theirs was the only one raided. In tne office of Mr. Walter Bouldsbridge. fl wholesale manufacturing jeweller, the thieves took paste stones, mistaking them for diamonds.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 198, 19 May 1936, Page 3
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187HAUL BY JEWEL THIEVES Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 198, 19 May 1936, Page 3
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