DARING ROBBERY.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8178, 3 May 1919, Page 3

DARING ROBBERY.

AT MILTON FOST OFFICE. (Per Press Association). DUNEDIN, Yesterday. A daring robbery took place at Milton on Wednesday night. The postmaster, Mr McGuire,' a very old servant of the department, retired to bed about 11 o’clock, leaving the office keys in the hip pocket of his trousers, which were hung in a wardrobe. Some time on Thursday morning Mr McGuire heard a noise in his bedroom, and after listening for some time and hearing nothing more, he concluded the noise was caused by the springs of the bed in an adjoining room occupied by his daughter. At 7 o’clock a boy from the office informed Mr McGuire that the office safe door was standing open. Investigation showed that all the notes in the safe had been taken, amounting in all to over £SOO. It is understood that there were six £SO and several £lO notes. The office has a record of the numbers of the £SO notes and also of most of the £lO notes. The suspected perpetrator of the robbery was arrested at Oamaru yesterday. He is named Victor Keen, and is a horse trainer at Milton. The news of the robbery was received at Oamaru at 9 a.m. and the arrest made at noon. ACCUSED REMANDED. DUNEDIN, This day. Victor James Robert Keen, who was brought from Oamaru, was charged at the Police Court this morning with breaking 1 and entering the Milton Post Office Savings Bank and stealing' therefrom about £SOO. He was remanded till Friday on bail. The amount recovered is now £415.