JEWELLERY THEFT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 21, 15 June 1914, Page 2

JEWELLERY THEFT.

A DARING BURGLAR. HEAVY LOSS. Gisborne, Saturday., A daring burglary was effected last night, the jeweller's establishment of Mr. H. J. Grieve being broken into and valuable jewellery in the window cleaned out. Mr. Grieve estimates the loss at £2OOO. An entry was made 'by a back window, the iron bars being drawn together by a rope and the latch prized off. It lias been Mr. brieve's custom to leave jewellery in the window at night, the •whole establishment being brilliantly lit. The weak point, however, noted by the j buTglars, was that there was a curtain screen immediately inside the window, hiding the jewellery from trie street. This enabled them to operate-without being observed. The contents of the window were abstracted and the cases left tidily on the floor. Nothing in the shop itself was touched, and a case of diamond rings, the most valuable in the whole shop, whidi stood on a shelf in the window, was missed by the thieves. There are no clues so far. The crime (is believed to have been committed between 1.30 and 3 a.m., the discovery being made by the proprietor of an adjoining bakery, who observed that theTiack window had been tampered with. Mr. Grieve was not insured against burglary.,