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Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1925, Page 4

KlSSlil) iiV Hi IMM.AIi. I.OXDOX, li'ehniary 0. Two young women had alarming experiences at--it i-. heiieveil the lianils of tile same man early on .Saturday luoi’niii Ahotit 2 o'elorlt Miss Thompson, a. typist, n! Cronni ell-i ead Smilli VYimbleilon. awakened to liiul a man in her hedroom. Turning mi her the light ol an electric torch, lie said; “Don’t make a sound or Hi! blow your bloomin': brains out !’’ lie then pulled the bedclothes over her head and asked it t here were any jewellery in the house'. .Miss Thompson replying “No." lie made her swear that lids was so. lie left-, and il was found that a watch and chain, a striae ol imitation pearls, cud smile money were missing. lie fore leaving tile man kissed Miss Thompson and replaced the bedclothes over her head. The same man is believed to he the individual who. a little later, entered the bedroom of Miss Emily Samuels, another typist, who lives some distance away ill the same mad and was ill in be.! at the time. 11l this case also the yount; woman was threatened and then covered with the bedclothes, hut she saw enough to describe the man's appearance as “rather rclined.” Her mother heard the man’s voice and called for help and the man made off. Captain T. It. Stoafclcv. who lives next door, henrd the mother's cries and went down to the kitchen for his shoes, where he found the window open. Tim bouse had been entered huti nothing taken. A man was detained yeslerday in connect ion with the burglaries, and will appear at Wimbledon Petty Soss-