COINS IN WIRELESS SET
HOW THIEF WAS TRACED HAIMS, March 10. A curious chain of circi’.mstan-es bus elcarcd up the mystery of a yrmit I robbery of coins which took place on the premises of a professional numismatist in the Rue Drouot !a<t September. The dealer’s showroom w? . broken into, and rare piece-: of a total ■.. lit', of .’ bout C 7.000 stolen. One of th? thieves, fearing to realise immediately the easily identificablt, booty, hid his share, valued at £5OO. in the pipes of a discarded wire!(s v
set. Returning homo one day he v.as m.” by his wife, who told him that she had succeeded in selling the set for 30s to a rag-and-bone man. The thief rau off to the pur-.h.j..- - end by threateuing him with ■ r-’. ver forced him to return the set. Ik then attempted to realise his plund: ' i
Police heard of bis efforts. and ye-t?rday. a supposed potential <•> i omer with whom he- was barge inin-
in a public house suddenly dipped handcuffs on to his wrists.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 April 1935, Page 10
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