TRAPPING A THIEF

Taranaki Daily News, 20 June 1931, Page 7

TRAPPING A THIEF

A HOLE IN THE ROOF. ' CAPTURE BY DETECTIVES. At Kogarah, Sydney, the home of Mr. T. A. Broadley was broken into a few days a»o. A gold watch and a sovereign case was stolen. The home was again entered on the following night in the absence of the family, but nothing was missed, the thief having evidently been disturbed. The police came to the conclusion that the movements of the Broadleys were being watched, and instructed Mr. Broadley and his family to leave the house as if they were going out, and two detectives hid themselves in the dining room. Half an hour later they heard sounds on the roof. These were- followed by other noises, just above the ceiling, through which eventually appeared the blade of a knife. Big pieces of plaster soon began to fall into the room, and when a hole suffic'~ntly large had been cut a man dropped through. The detectives seized the man, who, however, fought desperately, and the contents of the room w scattered in all directions before he was secured. The man was charged wi" breaking and entering, and with having an unlicei’.?:d revolver in h possession. It was afterwards ascertained tin?* 1 tiles had been removed from the roof-