THEFT IN ABBEY
AAiEIRICAN WOALAN’S LOSS LONDON, Aug. B—The .doors of Westminster Abbey were locked during a communion service wlieii v it was reported that' an. American .woman’s handbag had been stolen while she walked to the altar. Only one door was unldbked after the service,. the congregation passing through under the gaze of the woman; and a verger, in the hope that the bag would be identified. The bag was later found on a seat near another door, by wliich.it is presumed the thief escaped before- it was locked. Forty dollars were stolen. The American said that she left her handbag on;the ijeat because she had been told i|iat.,i+. was incorrect to carry it to jpe altar.
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 80, 7 September 1938, Page 4
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118THEFT IN ABBEY Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 80, 7 September 1938, Page 4
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