AN IMPUDENT THIEF.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 156, 23 June 1908, Page 2

AN IMPUDENT THIEF.

GETS A RICH HAUL. JEWELLERY WORTH £SOO STOLEN. The detective force of' Wellington have another mystery upon which to exercise their -ingenuity. Thuy were ful , lishc(l with it early yesterday morning In a manner which, for sheer impudence, will t ; ke a lot of beating (says Monday's Xinies).

ihe scene of the robbery was the shop of Mr. Thomas Crouch, jeweller, <.f Culm street. About 5.30 a.m. he \v» aroused from his slumbers by the smashing ot glass, and arose to investigate the cause. His examimition was only cursory, and he discovered nothing and ieturned to bed with a satisfaction which was shortly to be rudely shattered. Constable McGregor, of Mount Cookwas on duty at the time, Standing on the corner opposite Messrs. Voitoh and Aliens establishment. He illsn j leal . (l he noise, an d after searching discovered that the window of Mr. Crouch's shoii had been smashed in. He immediately aroused the proprietor, who this time made a thorough examination and found that jewellery of various descriptionssuch as is usually displayed in windows of such shops-to the value of between .1400 and .(JnOO had been stolen The enterprising burglar was evidently inexperienced in the a rt of ''crackin--a window," but he did it quite success" fully. Ho dispensed with the use of a diamond cutter, and utilised a brickTins he had evidently hurled at the glass, as it was found inside the shop b,' the searchers. I t wa , ( ,ark at the time, ami whoever perpetrated the deed ..ot clean away with his ill-gotten ..af,,.. This will make the task of detection .'.ll the. more difficult.