GEMS STREWN IN A BUSY STREET

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 584, 9 February 1929, Page 18

GEMS STREWN IN A BUSY STREET

MOTOR BANDITS RAID JEWELLER’S SHOP CAR DASHES OFF A tray of diamond rings was scattered in a crowded London street on a recent evening. Just after darkness had fallen, two men drove up, in a large open touring car, close to the premises of Mr. Adolph Fishberg, jeweller. The driver remained at the wheel a shor; distance from the shop while his accomplice dashed across the pavement and smashed a great hole in the plate glass window with a long handle 1 iron mallet, that had folds of cloth wrapped round it. Ran Away Leaving the mallet lying among the jewellery in the window, the thief seized the most valuable tray of rings in the window display and ran off with it. Instead of returning to the motorcar, however, he dashed away in another direction. The driver turned across the street and tried to follow him. Hundreds of people were at this minute coming out of a cinema near the raided shop. Many of them joined iu the hunt for the thief. Police whistles were blown, shouts of “stop thief” were raised, and confusion became general. In the bustle a man was seized and handed over to the constables. The motorist escaped, at a high speed. Dishonest Woman An eye-witness said to a “Daily Chronicle” representative: "The tray of rings had been scattered all over the street aud hundreds of people, many of them striking matches, were soon hunting for them.

“I one woman pick a ring up from the gutter aud try to sneak off with it. Immediately a young woman went up to her, took the jewel from her and returned it to the shop. Mr. Fishberg told a “Daily Chronicle” representative that all the rings except two had been recovered.