Remarkable Ruse by Thieves.
A, Paris telegram states that a stolid-looking couple, whose appearance suggested that they hailed from the country, found their way Into a jeweller's shop in the Rue le Courhe on Monday evening. Awkwardly ekplaining that they were about to be married, they asked to see some wedding rings and a number of plain ornaments. The girl was carrying a basket on her arm, from which suddenly and with much cackling a lively young pullet somehow escapedForthwith there was a rare to do, and before the bird was secured the place was almost topsy turvy. Soon afterwards, the couple purchased a , wedding ring and coffee pot, and left the shop. The jeweller and his assistant were quite|a whi'e putting the the things straight, but then found first one and then another article had disappeared. They then came to the conclusion that the presumed rustic couple were a pair of smart thieves, who, as far as can be ascertained,' managed to get away with something like £6OO of property during the chicken bunt.
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Manawatu Herald, 8 November 1904, Page 3
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175Remarkable Ruse by Thieves. Manawatu Herald, 8 November 1904, Page 3
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