FORTUNE TELLING FEES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 April 1929, Page 9

FORTUNE TELLING FEES.

GIPSIES’ RICH HAULS. WHILE BUMPS WERE READ. > ADELAIDE, March 30. Entering the English, Scottish and Austral’ian Bank at Tanunda., a Gipsy woman, according to a story told to the policoi, induced the teller to. fibl his -hands with money while she read the bumps of his head. During the process she passed one hand in front of his eyes and with the other abstracted three- notes totalling £l2O. When the woman left the teller discovered his loss' and notified the police. Detectives from Adelaide overtook the gipsies at Ta-rlee and arrested Mrsj Lena Stevens, aged 34, who was brought before, the Tanunda- Court. The gipsies, who were travelling in two ears leeentlv came from Victoria.. A similar case was reported at .Biankstown on the night of November 7, 1928. On that evening three gipsy wonijm. whcf.© ages ranged between 30 aiul 40 years, entered the bafeer’s shop of Mr Alfred; Pauli, Marion Street, Bankstown. and, according to> the storv told at the time, mesmerised Mr Paul and his wife, and finally dirove off in ia high-powered oair,, taking £9 with them. The elder woman had passed her hands over Mr Pauli’s eyes, while the other gypi'w woman did likewise’ to Mrs Pauli. Mr Pan'll said that although he knew what was going on around him, he had to obey the woman’s command to open the safe.