SAFES BLOWN OPEN.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 May 1917, Page 5

SAFES BLOWN OPEN.

.SYDNEY BURGLARS; WflBK. , '.;s ' »u DIAMOND JEWELLERY {-fIXJiLET. {' ! i One of the most complete ctsei ofc % safe-breaking with the aid of exploiiW* ','•» that Sydney has known for many ;yert\j r fi was carried out at Gentennlal Ttok-Jj early one morning recently, when a **M Jp ♦hat had been carried away from Royal, the home of Mr. Walter Foi-iyth, ■>s bookmaker,'was blown, open in fashion in a neighboring yard, and tfSJOO L' worth of diamond jewellery and a ntnalMr i of papers stolen, '•'*] The robbery was the work of four Or $ five strong men, for that number wonljl' j have been required to remove the safe, $s whioh, although small, weighed •ifcwt and scwt. There ia every r»aWll-;*i! to believe that they had gone over ground beforehand, for Hi was only <B| ffl Easter Monday night that Mr,. Styriytkto 'M home was broken into and- £lB of jewellery stolen. On that OOCaji&ta' .j| the house was entered by opening «£ *E tame window as waa forced to gain tHtWI entrance this time. -.^Jl

Having got into the heme tlhi |Mf''.ffi went straight to whore the sale Ht»AJI standing in the hall, and, without 11*.'A turning Mr. or Mrs. Forsyth or tfiy'i'" of tho other members of the ftMily, Si carried it out through tho back doc* atA ■« ;!own the yard to a right-of-way. o*' S reftching a residence about 50ydJ ftwtyAS they found the back gatc'open nftd «M>'-jj| tied the safe insido and placed It OnM the concrete outside a stable, jbttfe '-If 20yds from the back of the house. ' '■«( Jt was there that .the safe was Mowh-"| open, and the manner in wfilch the vbri:'" j was done shows clearly that at ]«ut?;|j one member of the gang is a practitttLiJi safe-breaker and an expert in we hand: f| lihg of explosives. Having placed »Vj| plug of gelignite, with a detonator and ,'ffl a long fuse attached, in,, v the they rolled the safe, face on Is* the concrete, and lib the fuse. Thj» w-'fy, port, of the explosion was not a purUuirf,4j! larly loud one, as the ground and ttt*S§ safe muffled it to* a certain extent, Wt *S it was sufficient to shatter the without damaging nny other portion pt Vw tho safe. Tho whole 'of the contents o! '•> |] the safe, consisting of diamond ringl.sSl and other jewellery, .'belonging to Mm. '-A Forsyth, deeds belonging to the Literary Institute and Mr. Mwuft,,-« which was in Mr. Forsyth's custody, and i* the scrip of some shares in the Kenslftg- '■ ton and Rosebery Racing Clubs, tflre .'■ stolen. ' . •"

Two mornings previously safebroalc«r*yi'4 removed a safe from Lyndhufsi, tltft , '.-A* home of Mr. A. S. 1 Loveridgc. builder « and contractor, at Twummoyne, and after ~\£ Mowing it open stole jewellery worth J/jS about £3O and a few pounds in The burglars entered the'hig two-storey* $ house which stands in 'large grounds, f* from the rear. Forcing the kitchen wln>"' ,** dow open with a jemmy, they iw«at> M into the main hall, and after removing'JS tUS plug from the telephone, thus fea- ;'-''!§ dcring it temporarily useless, locked •-' •! door which cut Mr. Loveridge lind hU M family oft' from the back of tho housp. ; "ffl The safe, a! medium-sized iron one;, which •ijffl was standing in the pantry, wss then.lvf carried into a paddock aboui 40yd*-/!* away, A quantity of explosives—gelig-i:*S nite 'nf-pWsumed to have been used—and; 3J a detonator, with a fuse attached, werj v "jfj placed in the keyhole and tho door blown off. The jewellery and money .4j were removed, but papers and other «f« ; a tides in the safe were left. ( .$ The papers and coins stolen front (hi*. 3g two safes Were found a day or two liter %| and handed over to the police. The- ;<; documents taken from Mr, Forsyth* ,| cafe were picked up under a tree in ■■§ Centennial Park. They included two /j; war bonds for .C") 00 each and scrip for | 1400 shares in Victoria Park racecourse/ i and GOO in Rosebery racecourse. Be-' : % tween 40 and 50 silver and copper foreign |4 coins, which were stolen from Mr. Lover- _£ Idge's safe were found about a quarter of a mile from the house. . ,•>'