GANG OF CROOKS
POLICE RAID IN NEW YORK
.VALUABLE BOOTY RECOVERED NEW YOBK, 28th May. . The police this week raided a room in a fashionable hotel, which proved to be tho headquarters of William O'Connor a,nd his gang of crooks, and secured most of the booty stolen in November from 18 dinner guests,. valued at £100,000. When the police arrived someone threw a purse out of a window. The purse contained 21,000 dollars in banknotes, which fluttered in tho wind. The detectives later traced O'Connor's safety deposit bos. It contained £200,000 value in precious stones and cash, one emerald ring being valued at £4000, and a pearl necklace is appraised at £3000. Four valises were full of some of the finest jewels in tho country.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 29 May 1930, Page 9
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125GANG OF CROOKS Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 29 May 1930, Page 9
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