“BURGLARY by CONSENT.”

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 38, 8 October 1912, Page 5

“BURGLARY by CONSENT.”

A PLOTTER’S REWARD,

A remarkable story was told at the Birmingham Police Court on the Bth. August during the investigation of a shopbreaking charge preferred against Alfred Chandler.

Solomon Lorie, manager of a jeweller and pawnbroker’s shop in Colmore row, Birmingham, carried on by Mrs Henrietta (Aaron—where prisoner was ajn-ested while attempting to break into the strong room—told how prisoner, whom he knew as a customer at the shop, approached him, saying: “If I could get an impression of the keys of your strong room I could easily arrange to get a decent few thousands each. The only ones to suffer would lie the insurance fveople.” Witness communicated with the police, and on their advice he arranged an interview, at which prisoner took wax impressions of the keys of the shop. It was arranged that the burglary should take place when the shop was closed for the half-day holiday. The police surrounded the premises and arrested the prisoner, who fought fiercely and injured one of the detectives. He had electric torches and duplicate keys in his possession. but had not succeeded : n opening the strong room door. Prisoner was committee for f •