MASKED BURGLARS.
4 HAND PROTRUDING FROM UNDER A BED- ■■■ \ EPIDEMIC OF CRIME. By TcleeraDh— Prajs A«senfn.tlon-OoDTr!shi (Rec. March 15, 9.55 p.m.) Sydney, March 15. The burglary epidemic continues. Residents in two suburbs encountered masked burglars yesterday night. Mrs. Fleming, a Jiandwick resident, aroso during tho night and saw a hand protruding from under tho bed. She screamed, and a masked man emerged. The lady grabbed tho mask, and the man fled. Tho police have been supplied with a full description of tho man. Earlier in tho night a Miss Hamilton was nlono in a hou3a at Bellevuo Hill, when two masked burglars forced tho front door. Miss Hamilton rushed to the telephone and called up her mistress, who was a city hotel-keopor. Tho burglars seized Miss Hamilton, and locked her in a room, after roughly handling her. They then ransacked the house and escaped.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1390, 16 March 1912, Page 5
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144MASKED BURGLARS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1390, 16 March 1912, Page 5
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