BAG SNATCHERS
THEFT OF £357. {By Telegraph—Per Press Association) • ‘ : iIWN'EDIN, No vein her 4. - The savings oT rr lifetime, amounting to £357, constituted the loss sustained by a middle-aged single woman employed as housekeeper, who was robbed fast Wednesday night by two bagsiiatchers. For the past two years the woman had formed the habit of carrying the money in a handbag wrapped in a paper parcel pinned to the bottom of the bag. There were one twenty pound, 35 t ten pound, one. live - and - two pound notes. The woman was returning home in the direction of George Street, when she heard men walking behind. Suddenly one seized -her, placing a hand over her mouth, while the other wrenched the bag from her. Both then fled along Dundas Street, towards the Gardens.
A motorist -, attracted by her cries drove her around in. a vain search for the thieves.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 November 1931, Page 6
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148BAG SNATCHERS Hokitika Guardian, 4 November 1931, Page 6
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