POLICE PUZZLED
■ VALUABLE ANTIQUES. RETURNED BY BURGLARS, i MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR, RY. . C PRiISS ASSOCIATION—COPY RIGHT. Received Dee. 18, 11.55 a.m. • ; LONDON, Dec. 17. • The Evening Standard reveals that [ antiques valued at -*5200,0(10, belonging: to Mr. Wernlier’s collection, were returned to the owners. The police were.‘always puzzled that the thieves took >■ this portion ol' the collection which,,. . though . most valuable as 'antiques, were not negotiable withPUt revealing their character and origin, ,as the collection was known to dealers- throughout the world. It is now that the thieves did not intend to take the antiques, but only jbodefji- , jewellery. Lady Ludlow, owner of the collection, denies the report, .and says that nothing was sent back.:';;''.’ ’• The- mystery: has been deepened by a statement by .the Daily Express that the valuables, are in safety, though uot .ypt iii the hands of the owner. They are believed to have been hoarded . secretly since the robbery. They ; were found, rmsaleable and returnedl; j but- the Daily ' Express does not say to whom.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 December 1924, Page 5
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167POLICE PUZZLED Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 December 1924, Page 5
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