BAG-SNATCHER AT WORK IN THE CITY.
MRS W. S. BEAN ROBBED IN RICCARTON AVENUE. A bag-snatching case of unusual audacity, in w r hich Mrs W. S. Bean was the victim, occurred in Dean’s Avenue, Riccarton, about 7 o’clock last night. Mrs Bean was cycling at the time, and was carrying her handbag, containing a few pounds, in her hand, which was resting on the handlebar. The thief rode up from behind and made a grab at the handbag. In the struggle for possession that followed. Mrs Bean overbalanced and fell, suffering minor bruises. The thief immediately made off with the bag.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19118, 10 July 1930, Page 6
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