BOY’S $5,0000 LOOT.
NKW YORK. Oct. in. The vanity of ;i 1 2-yoii r-old liny Imrjilnr wLo could not resist it temptation to sunooer before his friends with ;1 diamond studded cigarette-holdor.
‘‘been use it Hindi' liim l<‘ol like a man of the world,” led to bis undoing yesterday.
Detectives investigating ;l killgin r> at tlio house of Mi' Oil.'irips Diddingham the theatrical manager, lu-nrlng; of a’ small hoy standing nt a street corner in the neighbourhood polling magnificently at a cigarette through a holder glittering with jewels, followed the clue and found the hoy at the street corner, surrounded by a group of admiring acquaintances. the hoy and his two accomplices were arrested. They confessed to stealing L'd.ooo in jewellery from Mr Dilliongha m’s house.
They huried most of the loot on a disused wharf near the river.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1921, Page 4
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139BOY’S $5,0000 LOOT. Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1921, Page 4
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