DAYLIGHT ROBBERY

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 83, 6 February 1928, Page 6

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY

. JEWELLER'S SHOP RAIDED. ! .IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. ! : ;. MELBOURNE, Jan. 11. i ''With the utmost daring, and in -fill] i 'ylew/of at ileast 100 people, 'two men Shortly dfter 11.30 a.m. to-day j-shiashe'd a plate glass window oi nPalfr'ey's, jewellers, Howierplace teity, and'stble' two plush racks, containing 54 diamond engagement rings jVafyfd at £2OOO. J ,'Ghased; by 4 a .plumber and Mr jFrank Smith, a cleaner, .the two men rah along Howie-place into Pres-■;£rrave-plaee, and then wer e lost to flight in the rear of Richardson's i-HOtel. ■ Senior Detective o'Ke'ef e and Detectives Carey arid Harding,'together With several -uniformed meti, were rushed to the scene. No arrests have yet been made, although there are who can identify the men if they are arrested. MOST DARING. j The robbery was "described by de'tecfives as one of the most daring Ahat has been committed in the city.

"One of {lie men,' with half a brick wrapped, in brown paper and with a string attached to 'it. so as to give it *fche appearance of a parcel, smashed [the plate glass window measuring I about 12 feet square, • a hole two feet hy dne foot: was made, and the man; jpiit his Hand ih and i grabbed a small [rack containing about 24 rings and •race'd'Off with it along 'Howie-place, then into Pr'esgrave-place and •thrdu^h'the, hotel. Immediately the other, Who was a larger man, putting hi s tWo hands through the broken glass, caught hold \ of the larger tray with the 30 rings, j pulled it «out, and followed his mate,. making hia escape along the same -tfoute. , ' As far as is known not one of. the rings was dropped and no> trace has been found of the trays. Howie-place is in the heart of the city, and is part of an arcade leading from the top portion of the block to 'Little Collins-street.

1 It is lined with shops, and at the tihie of the the'ft this'morning there Was, at least 50 people within aj radius of 5o yards of where it was committed. A CHASE. The first man got away without any interference, the was chased along Howie-plac e by a plumber who was working close by, but he lost ■'him at the rear of 'Richardsoh"s "Hotel. 'Frank Siriith, cleaner, who was sitting 'in a shop in Presgrave-place, joiried in the The shop is conducted by mW 'Palfrey and the jewels were not insured.