THE JEWEL ROBBERS.
AN ELABORATE BURGLARY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 21, 11.35 p.m. London, January 21. Rubin owns pearl fisheries in Westralia. Four burglars arrived with a van after six o'clock on Saturday with half a ton of implements, and entered through unoccupied offices. They erected a tent of American cloth around the safe to prevent the light showing, and blow-piped the safe. They worked for at least twelve hours, hut only made a hole four by two inches, within three inches of a tray containing £30,000 worth of pearls. They then hastily decamped. They would have required to drill a second hole to secure another -£50,000. They left behind pepper, with which to blind intruders, four pairs of silent boots, india rubber gloves, and aeid drops used for their mouths when parched by the blow pipes.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 208, 22 January 1913, Page 5
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137THE JEWEL ROBBERS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 208, 22 January 1913, Page 5
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