BAG SNATCHED FROM WOMAN

Southland Times, Issue 23840, 10 June 1939, Page 8

BAG SNATCHED FROM WOMAN

MAN ESCAPES IN SPITE OF DETERMINED PURSUIT (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, June 9. A middle-aged woman, Miss Alice Molloy, of Grafton, had her bag snatched from her hand while she was walking down Queen street, near the entrance to Myers Park, tonight. In spite of a determined chase by two civilians and a thorough search by detectives, the man escaped. Miss Molloy said she was walking along when suddenly a man stepped out from behind a hoarding, gave her a sharp push and grabbed the bag she was carrying under her arm. She screamed as she stumbled, and her cries attracted the attention of two men on the opposite side of the street. As they looked in her direction they saw a man disappear in the darkness behind the hoarding. They immediately started in pursuit and near the children’s playing area they caught sight of a man picking himself up from a fall over a seat. He kept to the darker patches in the park and was thus able to make his escape. A passer-by rang the central police and a squad of detectives was despatched to comb the neighbourhood, but the man had too much of a start.