REMARKABLE ESCAPE
LOCK PICKED WITH SPQON. i ALLEGED THIEF'S CUNNING. LONDON, Sept. 13. Jamers Edmoiid, aged 74 ,who had been' co.nimitted for trial on a charge of stealing the Marchioriess of Oreve's jewels, valued a't £1700, whi te s'ho was. visitiiig Cowes in 1924, and also some jewels at Salisbury, valued at £100', inade an extraordiUary escape from the Windsor Magistrate's Court. He was allowed the freedom of the corridor, owing to the lieat. Hc picked the lock with a spoon with which he had eaten liis dinner, walked into the public part .,of tho buildirig and left by the magistrate's door. The police description says he is wearing heliotrope-striped pyjariias under his suit. Edmond was originally arrested in the grounds of Windsor Castle by Sir John Hanb ui\v-W i 1 1 i amis, Marshal of tlie Diploriiatic Oorps, and cliarged with stealing property valued at £50 from Sir John's rooms in Henry 1 II. 's Towcr .
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Marlborough Express, Volume LX, Issue 231, 30 September 1926, Page 7
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157REMARKABLE ESCAPE Marlborough Express, Volume LX, Issue 231, 30 September 1926, Page 7
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