A POLICEMAN'S BLUFF.
Hearing a noiae in a field beside the Ely River, Wates, Conslalile Ftdlel 4 , who was not armed> went and found two men standing by an iron safe. 1 Each had % pick handle in his hand, a-nd Jonteu had a chisel' as well. Both assumed a, threatening attitude, but when the policeman said he would blow out theiv btailis they dropped thell' \v*apotis and held, up their hands.- Witness handcuffed them and "took them to the police station. Th© safe was identified as the property of a local brewery. The office had been forcibly entered, drawers forced open, papers streWll about, ahd tli6 saf©, which contained valuable documents, taken away. The Stipendiary complimented vhe constable upon his plucky bluff.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1914, Page 10
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122A POLICEMAN'S BLUFF. Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1914, Page 10
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