£1000 SILK SHAWL.

Shannon News, 31 October 1924, Page 4

£IOOO SILK SHAWL.

POMCE CAPTURE. TWO ARRESTS. ANONYMOUS LETTER. SYDNEY, October 8. Much of the silk which has been stolen from Sydney warehouses and retail stores over the past three months was recovered this week & s the result of a raid on a house to Itandwick toy detectives, two arxesta being made. je-mnn The haui mad e aggregates £IOOO worth of silk, crepe-de-chine, and similar articles and illustrates the truth of the old adage that when thieves fall out honest men get their rights. '" The recovery of the stolen stum is directly attributable, the police admit, Ao the contents of an anonymous letter received by the Criminal Investigation Department last Friday. IttStvas addrossed to the superintendent, and the policy adopted by that bianch of never refusing information, even if it is anonymous, was justified by an investigation along lines suggested by the h.-Her in question. It referred to the silk thefts, and was apparently wrilU.n by a disgruntled member of the gang who had been making merry at the expense of silk merchants in the cily. A name was mentioned Sn the let-ter,-and the detectives, making quiries, traced the man after two days of constant endeavour, locating him," they say, in a house at; Randwick. • , , A watch was set on the place, and when two men entered from • different angles, both carrying empty suitcase?, <hft police closed in and raided the house. In a room they found six suit cases showing evidence of heavy wear, crammed full with the valuable silks for which they were searching. iNumerous empty suit cases indicated tho police claim, that an earlier visit would have b<son better rewarded. The stolen goods were confiscated, and- two arrests were made, and much that has been mystery to the police for months now becomes clear. It is stated that the police are satislied a man in an important public position could tell them all about the silk robberies that have been occurring on ;nd off in Sydney for two years. - . Hs is said to have been the brains behind u.lris g&ng of darin S °P er , a " tives, wli-j juve levied toll on silk stocks during that period. Several of the members of the gang have been arrested and are now in prison, but ' the master mind, who never did any of the active burgling contenting hlm--1 I self with the direction of the members 1 j ..nd tho disposal of the loot, is still at ; J large.