A BANK DIRECTOR OUTWITTED.
•■i'U A quick-witted rogue has recently '•managed to rob the director of a London banking establishment of a traveling bag, containing =£looo in gold, :< while on his way from London to Paris; Having re m a ike I that a man :■■■■ seemed to follow him with suspicious persistency when he arrived on lma>-d •.:.- the Calais boat, the director took the precaution to place the precious bag on one of the seats in the cabin, and to use ii as a pillow. In this position he fell asleep, but was suddenly awoke by a tug at the bag. He jumped up, but as the man. he found near him stimulated . drunkenness, he kept his suspicious to :■■ himself. On leaching Calais the traveller placed the bag on the seat of a first-class carriage, and as he was its only occupant, stood us sentinel at the door, But the ingenious thief was not to be outdone. Slipping round behind the train, he entered by the opposite door and posse«sed himself of the treasure, "while the bank director was looking for him among the crowd on the platform. The police were immediately informed of the nffair, but no trace of the thief could be f und.
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Kumara Times, Issue 858, 1 July 1879, Page 3
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