ENTERPRISING BURGLARS.
The vicf.in inch; who were phot i'V Sjvncrr to nnhiehini to cpcupo arroi't. A minthr-r of women were killed for tbi* r-ai.e of their jewellery and m.-'pey. Spencer admitti d flip' lu- intended to kill his kndlsdy, U<- was released from Illinois penitentiary la ft year. Since that time Homo of the crimes have been committed. A DELUDED IMAGINATION. Received (hip day. 10.45 a.m. New York, Tuesday. Investigation has disclosed that most of Spencer's alleged crimes were begotten of opium and a deluded imagination. Spencer persists in his confessions.
ATTEMPT ON BANK SAFE. jI!V TKLF.UK.M'U. —l'Rl'.<> -\ v-OCU Tl ON . I Auckland. This Day. An unsuccsesfu! attempt was made to rob the safe of the Newmarket branch of the Bank of New Zealand last nitiht. A clerk returned to work, at 7 o'clock. 3nd while standing out side heard a loud explosion. Accompanied by a passerby he entered found the place full of smoke. An attempt had been mads to blow open the door of the safe, but it was unsuccessful.'' The police found nothing to indicate how an entrance had been effected.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 609, 8 October 1913, Page 5
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184ENTERPRISING BURGLARS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 609, 8 October 1913, Page 5
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