BURGLAR’S £2,000 HAUL

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 April 1938, Page 7

BURGLAR’S £2,000 HAUL

> TAKINGS OF “SNOW WHITE.” LONDON, March 10. -Police were searching yesterday for a cat-burglar, who raided two offices, a jeweller’s shop and an outfitter’s . shop in Regent Street, W„ and stole > the day’s takings of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” from the. New Gallery Cinema tand a varied assortment .pf.'goQds.v F. U. ■ t.i • The premises entered are in the block extending from Vigo Street to Heddon Street. The haul included: £l,OOO in cash alnd. £l2'in foreign currency;, . About £l,OOO worth of cultured pearls and necklaces, some of which have been recovered from the roof of the building; Sports coats, flanne].. trousers, gloves and hancllferchidfs; : • ' ■

A valuable Skean Dhu, a Highland knife. It is made of antique silver • With a-’large Cairhgorm stone,: like-a yellow thistle in its handle. • A pah' of . gold cuffi- .links with the arms of Rugby School.'' The premises were entered from the back, in which there is a ’ well intersected by wooden'platforms.'making it easy to get from one pavr-Rr another. “The police received the alarm at five a.m., but the man niust have been at work some hours before,” said the manager ofan shop,-/. “He seems to have, been a small man, for he only werif ,through . the”,, smallest sizes in • sports coats, -trousers, shoes and gloves.. He apparently wanted to obtain'a change of outfit. “He' seems to have had an enthralling time examining the but did not decide on a pair to take away. He missed our countinghouse, where, as we are a Scots firm, he would not have found it possible to clear the safes, but enjoyed himself in the Highland department, where he chose the Highland Skean Dhu.” The manager of the jeweller’s said: “Fortunately our most valuable pearl necklaces,, worth about £50,000, were in our safes, but the thief cleared the show cases.”