MAIL BAGS RIFLED.
CASH TAKEN FROM LETTERS FOR THE EAST. THE THIEVES NOT DETECTED. (Received 20, 8.5 a.m.) Paris, November 19. Out of a hundred and fifteen mail bags for India and the Far East eighteen were opened near Macon and large sums of money, Christmas and other presents in connection with the Durbar, were stolen.
FIFTY BAGS SEARCHED. A CLEVERLY-CONCEIVED PLAN. (Received 20 ; 12.30 p.m.) Pans, November 19. The thieves who stole the Indian mail bags at Macon, in Burgundy, hid in the roof of the-station before the train started, and then descended on to a small platform behind the van. During the long run to the next station they wrenched iron bars from the window and rifled fifty sacks. It is roughly estimated that they secured £120,000. They made their escape when, the train slowed down where the lines are being repaired. There are: indications that they threw packet’s to confederates in a motor-car, who collected them.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 82, 20 November 1911, Page 6
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