ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.
A CASHMERE SENSATION. A middle-aged lady, who was walking home, after having alighted from a tram along Summit road, .Cashmere Hills, about 4.30 p.in. on Thursday (reports the livening News), noticed a boy walking along the path in front of her. The lad quickly wheeled round and presented at the lady a short, nickel-plated revolver, at the same time commanding, "Hands up; I want some money." Under the circumstances the lady produced and gave the boy 2s, whereupon he decamped. Subsequently the boy wu-v seen boarding a tram bound for Christchurch. The description given by the visitor is of a lad about fourteen years of age, of medium height and build, with a rather pleasant appearance, long black hair, inclined to be bushy, and worn down over his ears. He was dressed in a dark grey Norfolk suit, with short pants-loose at the knees. His stockings were black-rimmed and he wore no hat.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 March 1917, Page 7
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156ROBBERY UNDER ARMS. Taranaki Daily News, 21 March 1917, Page 7
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