ROBBED OF £9OOO
THE CONFIDENCE TRICK. A SOUTH AFRICAN DUPED Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] LONDON, July 26. .Jacobus de Wet, a wealthy South African visitor to London, has been robbed of £9030 by. confidence tricksters, one of.whom is said to be a New Zealander. The two men met casually in the lounge of a hotel, where they described to de Wet an infallible betting system. De Wet handed over the money, blit' ater recognised the photographs of his acquaintances-, at the .Rogues’ Gallery'in Scotland Yard.-
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1930, Page 5
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86ROBBED OF £9000 Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1930, Page 5
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