ROBBERY UNDER ARMS
A CASHMERE SENSATION EOY WITH REVOLVER HOLDS HP ELDERLY LADY. A middle-aged lady, who was walking home, after having alighted from a tram along Summit road, Cashmere Hills, about 4.30 p.m. on Thursday (reports the “Evening News”), noticed II boy walking along the path in from, of her. Thu lad quickly -wheeled round, 1 and presented at the lady a short, nickel-plated revolver, at tho samo time commanding “Hands up; I want some money.’’ Under the circumstances, the lady produced and gave tho boy 2s, whereupon he decamped. Subsequently the boy was soon boarding a trnmear bound for Christchurch. Tho description given by the visitor is o£ a lad about 14 years of age, of medium height and build, with n rather pleasant appearance, long black hair, inclined to bo bushy, and worn down over his ears. He was dressed in a dark grey Norfolk suit, with short pants loose at tho knees. His stockings were black-rimmed, and he wore no hat.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9612, 19 March 1917, Page 5
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