THE MYSTERY BURGLAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20969, 4 September 1931, Page 8

THE MYSTERY BURGLAR.

NEW RUSE ADOPTED * DRESSED AS A SCHOOL^y ' —~ ' 'i MAN WHO USED CANVAS SJtoji . . * A new move to prevent * capture has been made by the burglar who for two years is have been stealing money "f rom ho the city and suburbs. The thief's y step is the adoption of disguises : 'rjl week he entered a house wearinlltl clothes of a college boy. -Jy' The incident, as far a3 it is' the police, is that the occupier of a h in one of the suburbs says he night to find schoolboy in his r I He was busy going through the pockSl the householder's trousers, which jjpl been left lying over a chair. The • I formant states that he sat up in called out: "What are you doW® those trousers ?" It is reported that the intradermal: of the room and away from the h|gj! like a shot, leaving what money there behind. It is believed that the was none other than the thief. Confirmation in part has come throui" the report of a maid in another house *ho declares she saw a boy in the grounds £ a recent night. This mystery burglar has had a n 'J| precedenled run of luck in a thefts from private houses. As he tab, only money from houses, he has 'pro VR | a source of some trouble to the police, gu general plan of operation is to tn different houses until he finds one with back door or Window open. He will tl*,' enter the house and go through differed rooms until he finds, money. In this he is exceedingly audacions,® on one occasion he passed through a block of flats without discovery. On entering» house he generally leaves his shoes onl side, and' three pairs qI canvas shoes, dropped in hurried flight, have been footf by the police. From all t!» man is very nimble and smart on ii, feet. Believing that discretion is better part of valour, be takes to hii heels at the slightest noise and 'gives M chance of being identified.