A BROKEN-HEARTED BURGLAR
(Special to Times.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 30. A broken-hearted burglar stole silently from the cabin of the ferry steamer Cobar on a recent night, the manner of his going being the only color of theft about him. Some £6O, says the Post, bad been taken in fares during tlio day, and the knowledge that the banks had been closed for the holidays doubtless persuaded the burglar that in the steamer’s cabin silver awaited him for tlio more lifting. He broke open the cabin-door and also sprang the door of the cupboard where the money-box is always kept; but tlio captain bad taken the wise precaution of getting that day’s takings locked up in the i trong room ol the Custom House, and all that remained in the cupboard was two pounds’ worth of pennies wrapped up in long rolls, and these were overlooked by the uninvited visitor. It is lust two years since another steamci belonging to the Ferry Company was burgled.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2076, 31 December 1907, Page 3
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164A BROKEN-HEARTED BURGLAR Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2076, 31 December 1907, Page 3
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