IN DEAD OF NIGHT
BURGLAR IN A BEDROOM LARGE.SUM OF MONEY STOLEN; (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, 18th Nov. While the occupants of the room slept a burglar crept into the bedroom of a house in Selwyn street, went through the pockets of a coat hanging on the door, then crept round the bed, and took from under it a handbag containing about £150. As quietly he crept out again, unlocked the back door to lot himself out, and vanished. Tho householder is a dance promoter, and he had in the bag the takings from a dance and euchre, party held that night, and the previous week, and in addition the money from the till of his mercery shop. It had been his practice to keep a dog in the house, and this was the first time there had been 'a considerable sum J of money and no dotr.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1926, Page 10
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148IN DEAD OF NIGHT Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1926, Page 10
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