A SCORE OF SLEUTHS
TWENTY DETECTIVES IN MANHUNT.
West End traders have been victimised to tiro extent of thousands of pounds during the last few weeks by a well-dressed man, who represented that he was acting for highly-placed people in buying jewellery, old silver, and antique furniture.. Twenty detectives from Scotland Yard are now endeavoring to track the man. There is a touch of comedy about his activities, though the humor may not bo appreciated by the antique dealer in Kensington, who was so pleased with the business he had done that he opened a bottle of his best champagne, in which he and his visitor drank each other’s health. Most audacious of all was his feat in paying for jewellery with a cheque. It was drawn on the tradesman’s own bank, and when it was presented it was found that it was made out on a form stolen from the tradesman’s own checmc book.
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Evening Star, Issue 19043, 11 September 1925, Page 10
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155A SCORE OF SLEUTHS Evening Star, Issue 19043, 11 September 1925, Page 10
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