EXCITING FIGHT WITH ROBBERS
FIERCE STRUGGLE IN STREET THEFT OF JEWELLERY FRUSTRATED United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received December 21, 11.55 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 21. Emile Mathis, a French automobile manufacturer, outfought without assistance two armed robbers, who attempted to steal Mrs Mathis’s jewellery in front of an exclusive hotel in the heart of up-town Manhattan. While she screamed, and the taxi cab driver looked on without helping. Mathias rolled in the gutter with one of the assailants. This vigorous resistance caused the pair to flee without the jewellery, valued at thousands of dollars.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20607, 22 December 1936, Page 9
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