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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12475, 27 February 1909, Page 1

In perpetual fear of burglars Rich* ard Crick, a retired old mariner, who lived alone at Falconer terrace, Plaistow, retired for the night armed with a sword to repel the intruder. He wos found dead in bed with the weapon clutched tightly in big hand.