POLITE JEWEL THIEVES.

Otaki Mail, 15 September 1922, Page 4

POLITE JEWEL THIEVES.

* HAUL uf VALUABLE RINGS. London, August 29. I ' lie turned on his heel,' laughed, ' t< bowed himself out, and slammed iho I door, and ihat'i the last we saw- of J him." j | This i- how a jeweiier'9 assistant fc'describes the climax ot a clever hotel 1 theft in London, where a smiling, . debonair youth walked off with £2500 !> worth of lings. '' Using the name of "Mr Dolman, . lie visited Mappin and Webb's in KeI gent Sheet, and asked to have the J rings sen! to a Piccadilly hotel for the inspection ol his sick wite. The manager says: "We've often heard thai story, so 1 sent an assistant with a burly messenger. 'Dolman' carried out the sick wile trick to a certain point. When he wished lo show the rings to his wife in an ndjoining bedroom, the jeweller politely I asked lo be allowed to accompany ;■", llieni. 'Dolman' demurred, and then \ played a real trick. He was examinling and admiring a ring, and, suddenly shot oul his arms, knocked the I I two custodians in a heap, and vanished. When they tried lo follow I him the door handle came off. It. ,' had been unscrewed. The other door '. was fastened by fixing a bolt. The j telephone wire was cut, and the bellrope, hanging by a single strand, broke. They opened the window and attracted the attention of a police station under their very noses. "A sergeant called out, 'You're making a great fuss; what is it all about?' When he learned the facts he rushed hound te the hotel, but the bird had ' flown."