SONOMA ROBBERY
HOW THE GOLD WAS FOUND. (UNHID PRBSS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.) (Received December 30, 1 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Sonoma ha» arrived, and d-etails of the gold robbery supplied by lier officers show that an extended search by detectives fadled to locate the money. Then Mr. Knudson, assistant engineer, on tapping a vent-pipe, noticed that if sounded unusual, and investiga.becT. H-e found 6200 sovereigns inside it. The finding of the boxes of gold in the harbour was mads in the following manner. A wharf labourer heard a, splash, and asked a nearby quartermaster if som-eone had. fallen overboard, and the quartermaster replied': "No." The man then saw a box sinking in the water. He thought it was a cask of whisky, but said nothing. When the robbery leaked out, he told the officers of his experience. The harbour was dragged, and three missing boxes of gold, strung together, were hooked up. In the meantime the quartermaster had disappeared.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 156, 30 December 1921, Page 8
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158SONOMA ROBBERY Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 156, 30 December 1921, Page 8
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