£15,000 JEWEL ROBBERY

Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1933, Page 15

£15,000 JEWEL ROBBERY

HOLD-UP IN HEART OF LONDON. Motor bandits of the modern. Dick Turpin type attacked a Hatton Garden merchant while he was driving his car in St. James’ Square, London, at nOon on May 25, and robbed him of an attache case containing £15,000 worth of jewels. The crime had been so carefully planned and was executed so swiftly, that although scores of pedestrians and other motorists were in the Square at the time, the bandits raced away in. their car before a hue and cry could be raised.' The victim of this audacious robbery was Mr. ...... - • • r r -,T ’ ’ r‘ M V ( < \ ’ t ‘ I l

Harold Landsberg, a member of an oldestablished firm of dealers in precious stones; ‘”1 J ' . . , . “I was driving alone in my saloon car, Mr. Landsberg stated, “and I had turned into St. James’ Square from Pall Mall when a large blue car suddenly pulled across my bonnet, and I had to put the brakes hard on to avoid a collision. “At that instant two men ran across the road. One thrust his hand through the open window and forced my head back by jabbing me under the chin. Simultaneously, a second man opened the door on the other side and snatched , . - ■ : 1 . I , . .1 I > I I | t. , t I ' I > t 1 I ’ I t

away my attache base, which wason the seat beside me. Bothjumped into the blue' car, which drove rapidly across St. James’ Square and down Charles Street.” . The stolen jewels consisted of platinum watches, gold and diamond rings, brooches, bracelets, necklaces set. with various precious stones, and* a. number of loose diamonds and pearls.