A BURGLARY JOKE.
MACQUARIE STREET AFFAIR. DETECTIVES DRAW A CONFESSION. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright. (Kec. May 22, 9.30 p.m.) Sydney, May 22. After subjecting him to the third degree for several hours, tho detectives secured a confession from Gleeson. The talk among the female servants about masked burglars suggested the idea, that it would be u good joke to give them a fright and cause a sensation. He rose early, fired a revolver, and shouted, for the police. The whole affair was a fake, and lie did not intend to carry it so far.
A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE. (Reo. May 22, 9.30 p.m.) Sydney, May 22. Tho fact that many police have been withdrawn from regular duties compiling the electoral rolls is urged as one cause of the burglary boom. A movement is afoot in the northern suburbs to establish a Civilian Vigilance Committee for the protection of householders. Gleeson, a man-servant at Mrs. Burdekin's house in Macquane Street, alleged that ho discovered a masked and. armed aian on tho premises. Despite a threat io shoot, Gleeson closed with the intruder. In the struggle tho burglars revolver irent off, narrowly missing Gleeson.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1447, 23 May 1912, Page 7
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190A BURGLARY JOKE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1447, 23 May 1912, Page 7
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