GIRL'S £IO,OOO THEFTS.
NEAY YORK, Oct .5. A desire for costly clothes, a richly funislied apartment in a fashionable district, and a country house in addition. led Anne McGovern, a pretty secretary to a banker, into systematic thefts, which the- police say may total £20.000. The girl, a brunette. is charged specifically with misappropriating £(it)o belonging to her employer. Air Harmon August. For several years she bad lieen bis confidential secretary, bolding a power-of-attornev over bis accounts. She admits the theft of £IO,OOO according to the police. The girl explained that her salary of £l2 a week did not satisfy her desires, and that the first small thefts, so easily accomplished. led to larger ones.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 November 1927, Page 1
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115GIRL'S £10,000 THEFTS. Hokitika Guardian, 28 November 1927, Page 1
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