THIEVES MAKE HAUL

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 60, 22 May 1928, Page 7

THIEVES MAKE HAUL

VALUABLE GOODS STOLEN. CASH NOT TAKEN. SYDNEY, May 10. A gang cf broke into tlio business premises of Sweet Brothers Ltd., King Street, Newtown, during the night, ami stolen furs, jewellery, and other articles, worth as far as can he estimated this afternoon about £SOO. They tried to blow open the door of a strongroom, hut it resisted the explosion. Through this failure the thieves were unable to get at a sale which contained a largo sum of money, taken yesterday during business hours. Tii© robbery was discovered about 8 a.m. to-day by ono of the employees of the company, who, on entering the building, finv heaps of materials on the floor. They were evidence of extensive ransacking, which had been carried on. . J . Inspector Kennedy (Newtown) took charge of the inquiry, and was assisted by Detective Boswell and others. Examining the two doors with Air Benjamin, senr.. managing director, the police found that the thieves had climbed to a. roof at the back and entered by breaking la window. According to police opinion', they must have been at work tor hours. The handling of the stock was methodicallv carried out, and it is evident that the thieves showed a full knowledge qf the values ol the articles. Most of the best furs were taken away,, and in the cwellery section of the business, articles of greaterter value were removed, la other parts of the building, stock was hastily tossed about. The police found on the two floors pieces of gelignite, which had iallen from the pockets of the thieves. Mr Benjamin, isen., said he could not say when they would be able to open the door of' the strongroom. In order to ddiden too sound o the explosion the thieves obtained eiderdown quilts, which they placed in water, and put over the fuse ana packing in $ hole in the strong-room door. , The police discovered wheel mams in the hack lane, and 1 these, it seems, arc the only clues, as the fingerprint experts were unable to find ono print. . . ‘All retailers and others m business should bo warned by ‘The Sun’ that this gang is at work, stud Mr Benjamin. “They are clever. Man v dead matches were found on the different floors, and as there were so manv pieces of gelignite about toe police are wondering whether tlw thieves, after making their haul, intended setting fire to the building^ The loot may Be disposed ol in Sydnev. or sent to another State to be The robbery is undoubtedly the work of a Big (Dug working m the city. It is believed that it was the same gang that went to Livcipoo Street during the week-end and, break inn into three shops, took altogether £550 worth of stock.