THE CAIRO ROBBERY.
AUSTRALIANS SUSPECTED
<i SYDNEY, May 22. The robbery of £10,000 worth of diamond jewellery from tho premises of M. Roh«nfeld, a^ jewel merchant, of Cairo, by thieves who are suspected to be Australians, was the subject of a cable received yesterday. This morning Superintendent Roche, in discussing the matter, said that he was inclined to think that three former well-known "crooks" who returned to Australia last year, but left only two months ago, were connected with the robbery. It was the class of criminal work they would follow. They wore old and experienced thieves, and were compelled to leave Sydney when the Influx of Criminals Act came into force some years ago. They operated in other States for a while, but eventually left with many others for London and the Continent, where richer harvests were to be' obtained. . ;
Sub-inspector Jones, second in command of t-he detectives, also remembers the gang, and considers them a daring and dangerous set of criminals.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13394, 30 May 1914, Page 6
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