PROFESSIONAL BEGGARS.
METHODS USED IN VIENNA
VIENNA, June 2. The arrest of two thieves charged with stealing valuable jewellery and also £4O in cash revealed the existence of a highly-organised beggar underworld, me victims of the thelt were a man and his wife, who supplemented a comfortable pension by professional begging Their practice was to dress in uoar clothes, drive a luxury motor-car til various villages, leave the car on the outskirts, and visit the houses, 'nlead starvation, and state that they had no homes. They bought jewellery ~t a - number of houses and also other possessions from the profits. P T he police also have discovered a market where “starving children are hired to beggars at fees ranging irom Gd to 2s daily. ■'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 4 June 1937, Page 7
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124PROFESSIONAL BEGGARS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 4 June 1937, Page 7
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