HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
The vicinity of St. John’s Club in Glasgow Street, Wanganui, was the scene of a daring case of highway robbery accompanied with violence bn Wednesday evening shortly before 8 p,m. (states the Chronicle), the victim being a lady who is engaged in business in Guyton Street. 1
It is her custom to carry home each evening the day’s takings in a handbag, and evidently this fact the thief was aware of. As is her usual custom, she turned into Glasgow Street from the Avenue, but had not gone far when a man seized her forcibly, wrenched the bag out-of her grasp, and rushed off. The lady was too upset to give any alarm, but she proceeded to a house in the vicinity and related what had occurred.
A small amount of money was in the bag, but it so happened that on this particular occasion she did not have the day’s takings with her. Usually the vicinity of the robbery is fairly well lighted, but owing to the coal shortage, Glasgow Street and other suburban streets are now in complete darkness at night.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2011, 5 August 1919, Page 3
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185HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2011, 5 August 1919, Page 3
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