JEWEL ROBBERY FROM COFFIN.
[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) Reoeii-od December 23, at 10 a.m. Paris, December 23. Miscreants at the cemetery Pere la Chaise opened the coffin of Madame Lantehne, an actress wjio was drowned in the Rhino in July, and stole jewels including a pearl necklace worth 400,0U0 francs. During subsequent police investigations the men who were digging attempted to ventilate the grave by dropping in lighted newspapers. The shroud accidentally ignited and set the coffin ablaze and firemen had to be summoned.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10957, 23 December 1911, Page 5
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86JEWEL ROBBERY FROM COFFIN. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10957, 23 December 1911, Page 5
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