THE AMAZON BURGLAR

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 April 1928, Page 5

THE AMAZON BURGLAR

DARING CRIME B.Y WOMAN

BREAKS INTO SYDNEY STORE AND IS Afi RESTF.D SYDNFJY. 31st March. The arrest, in sensational circumstances, of a young woman in Sydney Ibis week marks an interesting departure in crime in this city, for she had broken into the ptOi;e in the early evening al a spot whirl i must have been in full sight of lllllidi eds of pedestrians. Il was a crime so daring as to lie almost unbelievable--, yet one foredoomeo to failure, since cleaners were busy on every floor and hen- chances of making a haul and getting away were about one .n a thousand.

Mark Toy's hrlge store, which covers about an acre of, ground, was the place she selected for her exploit.

At one end o f the stoi.' an entrance to the city railway ensures the constant passage of hundreds of people, and the point at whirl /. she hroKe m was less than 30 vards from the entrance.

Climbing an ircn grille with an agility which would »|j\tl a steeplejack to shame, she took olf her .-.hoes and smashed a hole, in tho glass panelled door siiflicntly large '..., allow of the passage of

She iuiii'l,l. her dres.i inside out. but ii. wa- ba<llv loin on the jagged edges as she cliimWd through, and her back was also el K. She had a parcel of over coat.--, mere's shirts, and stockings ready for removal when a cleaner noticed her in the hicUdiug. Standing guard at the broken, d-jor. he gut another cleaner to telephone, the police, ami then smarted a search tl trough the huge building. Il v.-a's. an hour before they saw the womai i en itched behind a counter. She jumped up then and ran on, but after a 'chase over counters and up and down .in rid.cis I hev ran her to earth and she was an reded." She proved to be 25 years of age. a married woman, living ;,( Oar linghii! sl . and was charged with break illg, ei ill 'ling and stealing.

Refute the Court next day .'he pit seme. I a nitiable appeal am b. and v.. remai idc-d tui a week