LONDON JEWEL THIEVES
RICH HAUL FROM FLAT.
GEMS VALUED AT £120,000. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Heed. 6.42 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 24. Mrs. Oakley Maund, a wealthy widow living in a mansion flat in Victoria Street, returned to London last night from the Continent and found that expert cracksmen had stolen jewellery valued at £120,000. As soon as she reached the door of her flat she saw that the lock had been tampered with. A pane of glass had been: knocked out so that the lock could be* reached. The pane had been i-eplaced and the damage covered with soft #oap. Mrs. Maund rushed to her jewel safo and found it had been rifled. Necklaces, tiaras, and other jewels had gone.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18566, 26 November 1923, Page 9
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