DIAMOND ROBBERY
THE FILMS OUTDONE,
(Australian Press Association.) (By Gable—Press Assn.—Copyright.)
(Received May 30, 2.45 p.m.) LONDON, May 29
Benjamin Tas, of Antwerp, a diamond merchant, crossed from Holland to London, in a private cabin and carriage, with uncut diamonds, valued at £14,000, wrapped in forty separate packets, contained in a wallet, beneath a double-breasted coat and overcoat. The wallet was. also chained to his braces.
When the train was pulling up in London, he felt that the wallet was safe, stepped out amidst a crowd, and immediately met a woman awaiting him. He felt in his pocket and exclaimed: “Oh, God, they have gone!” and collapsed. A link of the chain was severed as though cut. The audacious theft must have been carried out in less than half a minute
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Greymouth Evening Star, 30 May 1928, Page 5
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