SERVANT THIEVES.
Mary Douglas, an Indian girl employed as a domestic servant in the house of a resident at Westinount, a suburb of Montreal, told a remarkable story to the-court of an organised gang of housemaids who, made a business of robbing homes at which they were employed. Douglas said she was one of a band of girls employed by a man to rob their employers. The man helped the girls to get situations as servants and "then told them how to .proceed. In no case did the girls remain in one house longer than two necks. Thev were instructed to learn what valuables there were in the house and to leave about such as could he readily got at. They were also to provide a wav for the man to enter 'Plie girl pleaded guilty to stealing silverware and was remanded pending inquiry. An -effort will be made to line! th-e‘ mail and the other girls alleged to have been employed by him. Douglas states that her “tutor threatened her with death should she divulge his plans.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3711, 21 December 1912, Page 10
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