A NEW RUSE
ADOPTED BY THIEF. LONDON, January 20. A new ruse was adopted by a thief who lately stole £63 from a clerk returning from a bank, whom he stopped in Charing Gross Road. A bareheaded man, with a pen behind his ear, who represented himself a s a bank messenger, said that a mistake had been made regarding some cheques. He persuaded the clerk to hand over the £6B lie was carrying and to return to his office without the money.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1933, Page 7
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83A NEW RUSE Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1933, Page 7
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