BURGLARS' 300 KEYS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17237, 17 April 1930, Page 10

BURGLARS' 300 KEYS

FIND NEAR OFFICE HUNT TOR EXPERT GANG LONDON, Feb. 16. One of tin; most H'lnui'kaiilt'. hunts for burglars ever conducted by Scotland Yard look place ior several hours at Oueen Anae s Chambers, Westminster., last night, lollowing the discovery of more than 3CO keys, which filled all the offices in tin* building, on a pic-e ol wasic ground a few yards away. .\ cordon was thrown round the building and detectives found that several olfices had been opened and entered. 1 ' The contents of some olfices were in disorder. The building, one of four stories, and the roof were searched thoroughly, but no (rare of burglars could be found. The keys were discovered by a coll stable, who suddenly heard the sound of rattling metal while passing the pie'je of waste ground. He looked over the fence and to his astonishment saw a heap of keys.

The keys were taken to Scot land Yard. Some of them are believed to liave been stolen from the offices some months ago. Others wore duplicates and master keys of (lie most skilled workmanship. Some of the master keys could open more than half of the offices. Experts !bt Scotland Yaril were last night taking impressions of (he keys and examining I hem for lingoi'-prints. So far as could bo ascertained nothing had been stolen from the offices. It is believed that an expert gang of cracksmen, with motor-cars waiting in side streets, was busy in the budding when a burglar alarm sounded ill one of the upper offices. It is thought that the men made a hurried escape and threw the keys over the fence into the waste ground.