DARING ATTEMPT MADE TO SNATCH HANDBAG.
Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, August 22. A particularly determined attempt at bag snatching occurred at about 8.30 pjn. on Tuesday. While a lady was ascending the steps from Phillip Street opposite the Kensington Hotel, to the main south road, a man suddenly seized her handbag and attempted to wrest it from her. She maintained a firm grip of her property, however, and when the would-be thief tugged a second time she was jerked off her balance and dragged several feet down the steps, receiving injuries to her face. She pluckily refused to let go, and when she screamed her assailant fled, several people at once coming to her assistance. The man has so far not been apprehended.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18548, 23 August 1928, Page 15
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