EX-CONVICT’S CLAIM
EMPLOYED TO BURGLE SPY’S SAFE. A REMARKABLE STORY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ROME, August 28. The court Is hearing a curious case, in which a master-locksmith and ex, convict, Popim, is claiming £20,000 as a reward under a Government promise. He alleges that the Government employed him to burgle a safe belonging to the Austrian Secret Service at Zurich, offering him any money . he found in it and also a reward of £20,000. The office was constantly guarded, and Popini waited for months until the head of tho service was attending a masked ball and gave tho staff a night off. Popini seized tho opportunity, and after picking several locks reached tho strong-room. He carried the safe in a motor to Italy, and found it contained complete plans for AustroCerman espionage in Italy.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10992, 30 August 1921, Page 6
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