A COOL BURGLAR.
STOLE KEYS FROM BEDROOM. DID HIS WORK: THEN RETURNED KEYS. (by TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ASHBURTON, June 28. A burglary presenting unusual features is being investigated by the police. The thief entered Mr H. C. Percy’s tobacconist shop, taking about £35, of which only £5 in cheques was from the safe. _ . A peculiar feature is that, at night), Mrs Percy heard a noise in her bedroom, but did not awaken her husband, who knew nothing amiss until ho opened the shop as usual. On returning to lurch, Mrs Percy informed him that burglars had been in tbe house, as the window had been forced. Investigation showed that the thief had entered the dwelling, crept along the passage and extracted the keys from Mr. Percy’s coat, hanging two feet away from 1 1 is head, and then went to the shop, where the door and the .safe naturally proved easy of access. The thief then returned to the house and replaced the keys in the house.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 June 1926, Page 11
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167A COOL BURGLAR. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 June 1926, Page 11
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