THE CONFIDENCE TRICK
_.—^=^ — *~-.^- NEW ZEALAWDKR VICTIMISED,, By 'J?oleirW£!h.—Piess A®ooisi.tjoa—Co-pyrltli t (Bee. May 15, 0.13 a.m.) SydnOVi May Ul, Mr. Momteitl.l, a resident af Auckland., a pnssMiger by the Manuka, Itas been a vitstim (si tiro crof.idetice triek, Ha was standing on the deck of tlio steamer; a : mj entered into versation with u gtraiigei-, Mr. 'MoCiteith ptjlled out 'his gold watch to sees the thfte, arid the sttauger remarked upon its excetltnt design. He . aaWits yalue, an 4 Mi , . Montdth rel>liqd thfl:fc 1)b tlifl not know ■ its vajue as it was a present from Iris mother, Tho sirajiger suggested that it shoutti Ijo vaiuetl an.4 induced Mr. jloiiteith to go to a weU-lcflowii jwollws , lijeiit in George Street, 'The stranger entered tlift shop, taking the watoh with him, while Mr. Moiiteith waited out--side, After hall an hour'g wsit, lie fotjtwl that the stranger had slipped out by another door.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2149, 15 May 1914, Page 7
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149THE CONFIDENCE TRICK Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2149, 15 May 1914, Page 7
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