THIEF NOT DETERRED BY NURSE'S SCREAMS

Chronicle (Levin), 5 December 1947, Page 7

THIEF NOT DETERRED BY NURSE'S SCREAMS

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WELLINGTON, Dec. 4. . Duspite the screams of a denta. nurse occupying a gvound floor room in Braemar Elats, The Terrace, Welling ton, 011 Tuesday night, a burglar madi entry to the rooms arnl while the nurst rau for help to aii upstairs iiat, made off with a purse. The- dental nurse shares a flal with tvvo other girls am, oii Tuesday night .she was home aloue and retired to bed early. About 1I p.in., when she was almost asleep, slu-„ was aroused l>y the flapping of tlnwindow blind. Looking toward the window she saw that the eause of tln ilapping was a man's hand and arm groping down from the fanlight for the eatch of the casemeiit window. Mis.- . Bowland eriod out but the intrudei persisted iu liis attempt to get the win dow open. Slie cried out again but thi inan opened thc window and climbeo into tjie room. By t'his time she wa- : screaniing for help. She rushed out o> the room and rau to the upstairs l'i t'or assistanee. By the time ti mai. living thore reached the grouiid floor ihe ihtruder had goue taking with hin the nurse 's purse, whieh was recovered by wharf police on Weduesdav niornin. ioatiug in the harbour. Gnly the moue.t 1 was niissing. Other arlieles iui-ludiu. a CLgarette ease and two fountain pen-.. were untouched. The occupants oi' the Tat luul a scar . >ii a previous occasion. Some mouth ago -when one of the girls answered : knock at the door, a 1'oot \\ :is place inside. The giri slammed the door am the would-be intruder made off. Xo\ the girls feel safer. Since Tuesday experienee, with the help of friendthev liave plaeed wire netting ove vulnerable windows.