DARING ROBBERY BY A CHINAMAN.

Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 68, 17 September 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

DARING ROBBERY BY A CHINAMAN.

On Tuesday, 23rd August, a well-dressed Chinaman entered Messrs. A. Fogel and Co.'b jeweller's shop, 509, George-street, Sydney, and asked Mrs. Fogel, who was at tho time in charge of the shop, while her husband was at lunch, to allow him to look at some diamond rings. After looking at them, he said he would wait until Mr. Fogel returned. He went outside and shortly afterwards returned, saying he would wait for Mr. Foget. While waiting, he asked Mrs. Fogel for a drink of water. Attached to the shop is a little dark room, where there is a water tap, and Mrs. Fogol told the Chinaman to go in there, and he would be ablo to get a drink. While there he called out that he had dropped some money, and asked for a match. Mrs. Fogel took a match into the room, but no sooner had she done so than he shoved her further in, and rushed into the shop, lockin? the glass door after him. On the counter in the shop were some glass < jewellory cases, and to one of these the thief went, extracting a lady's gold watch and other jewellery amounting in all to about .£SO. Mrs. Fogel, seeing him do this, pushed both hands through tho glass door, and screamed as loudly as Bho could. After filling his pockets, the Chinaman rushed out of the shop, dropping a brick which he had rolled up in paper under his vest. Two men in Georgestreet, houring the screams and breaking of glass ran to the door of the shop. They saw the Chinaman go out, but did not interfere with him. Ono of tho men then wont in and unlocked the dopr of the room in which Mrs. Fogel was imprisoned. Information was given to the police, who are scouring the city for the offender. Mrs. Fogol, who received a terrible fright, and and was also severely cut through breaking the glass door, has given a minuto description of the thief.