"HOLD-UP" IN CITY
MASKED MAN AND REVOLVER LADY ROBBED OF PURSE AND MONEY.
A masked man holding a revolver in his hand carried out a daring holdup" in Wellington on Saturday afternoon.
it .appears at about 2.130 p.m. two ladies—a local resident, .Mrs Gapper. ami a friend -wort; seated in a public reserve in Ellice Street uiijoy-i jng the eira. the tranqtiility of fcbeir afternoon was rudely disturbed by tac sudden appearance of a masked man, who presented a revolver at them and demanded money. Mrs Capper had just previously laid her purse on the yrass. alongside of Jier, and noticing this, the man.stoop erf suddenly, snatched it up, and made off rapidly. Mrs Capper immediately ;j;ave the idurm and a line and civ rak. ihl. a vigorous search for the hiji.l) navn.ian was commenced, but without result. Fortunaicly, Mrs Ga|>per's purse only only loutaiued about 2<is in monoy and some small trinkets so that the'"hanr' was ha'dly worth the risk.
lip to a late jiour last nijrhl the of fender had not been arrested.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3929, 9 February 1920, Page 3
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"HOLD-UP" IN CITY
Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3929, 9 February 1920, Page 3
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