Great Robbery of Bonds
Securities to &c value of £30,00G were stolen on February 18 while in ' transit from London to Liverpool ', Among others there were transfers oi tHeGranu" Trunk of Canada Ist Pre ferenoe, representing £4,020, and oi the 2nd, valued at £8,280, besidei " Italian, Mexican, Portuguese, Russian spd Peravij^ bonds, and over £2,00( in Hungarian Gold Rentes.' A clerl .. of Mr George Foster, stockbroker o: Copthall Buildings, was:entrusted tc tsJct them to Birkenhead. He seemi to have fiitlen : asl««P' *fter leaving Euston, at^d onAirakihg at Stafford . fojmdius lesser bag gone. Then were two genflemanly-iooking foreig - -nan with him. in. the carriage whei thefa»inßtattft4 but these had din ~ appeared b*^^ became aware o Jiisloss. :-r^f.- ■-.'.■■:■■
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 131, 21 April 1885, Page 3
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116Great Robbery of Bonds Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 131, 21 April 1885, Page 3
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