BECAME ALARMED
YOUNG THIEF IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, December 20. The host detectives in New York ■searched for a week for a “master criminal,’’ who was thought to be a combination of human fly and “Raffles,’’ and who laughed at skyscraper apartments and locksmiths. I hey found him in a gangling youth of 17, Frederick Potter, a curtain-hanger. Young Potter was working in the handsome home of Mrs Eleanor Brewster, a social figure, when he noticed members of the family open a bookcase, read a card, replace it and then twirl the dials of a small wall Side.
Instead of checking out that night the youth concealed himseii and waited until the household was <;s:eep. Then with great ease he took jewellery worth £14,000, descended eleven flights of stairs peacefully and went home. Next day he was appalled by the excitement he had caused, and gave the jewel case to a friendly restaurant keeper, with the explanation that they were Christmas presents for the family, and a request to keep them until lie called.
When the police caught up with the youth he readily confessed and sure enough the restaurant sate disgorged the fortune.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1932, Page 2
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