BURGLAR'S MISTAKE.
LEFT TRAIL OF BLOOD. FROM CUT IN HAND. POLICE MAKE AN ARREST. [By Telegrapn. —press Association! WELLINGTON, Aug. 10. When the De Luxe Tlieatre at Lowe Uutt was broken into on Thursday night, a thief cut liis hand whilo working on the safe, and the polico followed the trail of blood down into Petone, leading,to a doctor's residence, They found the doctor had treated a man for a badly-cut hand, and with tno search so narrowed down to a man with a bandaged hand, they eventually made an arrest.
Peter McXicol, alias Thomas James, aged 25, a labourer, was r-hargefl tolav at Lower Hutt and :emanded.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20082, 10 August 1937, Page 3
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108BURGLAR'S MISTAKE. Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20082, 10 August 1937, Page 3
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