COOL IEWEL THIEF

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 750, 24 August 1929, Page 29

COOL IEWEL THIEF

ROBBED PARKED CAR IN OPEN STREET TOOK BAG WORTH £4,000 A leather dressing-case containing jewellery valued at £4,000, the property of Mr. Peter Koch de Gooreynd, was stolen from his motor-car in Belgrave Square, London, recently, while lie and his wife were lunching. They had returned from the country, and the car was standing outside the house of Mrs. W. Koch de Gooreynd, Mr. Koch de Gooreynd’s mother. The chauffeur and the footman had just left it. The case containing the jewellery was, t ith several others, covered by a tarpaulin strapped to the sides of the car. The thief climbed to the roof of the car, unstrapped the tarpaulin, extracted the case, and strapped the tarpaulin sheet in its original position. It was hours later when the jewellery was to be unpacked, that the loss was discovered. The jewellery consisted of pearl studs, cuff-links, two watches and diamond and pearl tie-pins. A bag containing jewellery valued at £12,000, belonging to Mrs. Peter Koch de Gooreynd, was on one of the seats of the car. but this was not touched. Road-menders working outside the house noticed a man in a dark blue chauffeur’s uniform climb to the top of the car and unstrap the tarpaulin sheet. He. was on top of the car for about 10 minutes, but the workmen thought he was the driver.