BURGLARY AS A FINE ART.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13722, 11 April 1908, Page 2 (Supplement)

BURGLARY AS A FINE ART.

MARVELLOUS IMPLEMENTS USED';--; BY TWO EXPERTS. -'| A compute outfit of housebreaking tofo,M which w-ere described as "splendid speci- Vmens of. the burglars' art,"'were found-via upon Frank Gommy aged 43, carpenter, &i\4 Robert Crundell, aged 42, labourer,, who Vfr-; were charged at Clelkenweil Session!! with burglary at the premise* of Henry Walker, rubber merchant, 5, Strand. Gornm wmj 1 sentenced to 18 months' hard labour and&|| Crundell to three year*;' penal servitude. . X Detective-Sergeant borne said the - police regarded the rapture as a most important one, as undoubtedly the accused were expert and daring house and shopbreakers. The witness held up a jemmy, M a powerful one, several feet in length and, /;}*. screwing together in sections. Thus, the officer said, was done to make it easy to carry, and one part was bound i; with leather so that it could be utilisedlyijff also as a silent hammer. There was also ;t?S a keyhole-saw and a brace and hit, and the prisoners had used the latter to drill holes through a wooden partition and the.-. former to remove the perforated partiou so that they could reach ah iron bar on the other side. They had a finely-temper-ed steel saw, which would cut through •' metal at great speed, and to use with this -Js the men had a bottle of innocent-keking liquid. The witness said this liquid wu« 9 strong mixture of soap and water, and - would have been used to " cool'' the ete< i of the »af* in another room when operating on it in order to gel lite gold i<-, con- - tained. The safe was undoubtedly the attraction, for the men 0 had provided %*M powerful steel wedge* of various sizes which were, intended to be used in for*:-" ing the safe, and they,; also had gloves-es that no finger-printa should loft tehia<i« ..',''. . - •:: ■■.-■ .•■ .J: i:'-V! "■-.. :■,■'.' ■• '~. :,- ■-. .."!.",»''¥" i'|»V •■■■:.'- ■■'•■..■ ■-'.<'■.■ :■■; :v ■ .■■■;.■ •:.■.. .;■■.■,:■ -;■:'■'.' ■', '■:■.:■ '■ :*WA'- : '&ißZ\i-*m*i -■■'■'■■ ■ ■-::■:■•■■■ ■■---. -\.;---l--..-':.---;■--.. . : ■ : :'':''""...':^:_:r:<-::-»igSsiSia