SYDNEY JEWEL THEFT

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20526, 9 April 1941, Page 3

SYDNEY JEWEL THEFT

RINGS WORTH £BOO MAN’S TRICK SUCCEEDS SYDNEY, March 24. A tray of diamond rings, valued at .£BOO, was stolen yesterday from the shop of W. C. Taylor and Company, jewellers, of King street. The thief—a tall, well-dressed man —first called at the shop on Monday. He asked to be shown some expensive rings. After examining some on a iray, he said he would call again. Mr. Taylor gave the man a card, on which he had written the number of the • ray for Ihe information of the shop assistants. At 1.45 p.m. yesterday, when Mr. Taylor was away at lunch, the man returned to the shop. He presented the card to Mr. Taylor’s son, Mr. Cecil Taylor, who recognised his father’s handwriting, and placed the tray, which contained 14 single-stone diamond rings, in front of the man. After examining the rings, the man said, “Show me something better.”

Mr. Cecil Taylor walked a few paces,from the counter to obtain another tray of rings. He heard a movement behind him, and when he turned round, the man and the (ray of rings had gone. Mr. Taylor and police searched among the crowds in King street, but the thief could not be found.