THE TAUMARUNUI BURGLARY.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1918, Page 4

THE TAUMARUNUI BURGLARY.

I>ISCOVEIUI".S BY THK POUCE ■ FUJUiIICR DKVKI.OI-MKNT3 .EXPECTED. By Telegraph.—'Press Association, Taumarunui, Last Night. The police have been following up ft clue a? to the burginry on Christmas morning, when £:i(K) worth of jewellery was stolen Irom the safe, of Frankland and Hart, butchers, where it was placed for safe keeping by Win. Wallen, an adjoining shopkeeper. Frankland had, fortunately removed his takings ( £300) from the safe the previous night, and remeinhei'fl that after the time of the burglary his bedroom door in the hotel was tried by someone, but was found locked. The biu'glars were evidently looking for money and expected to* find it in ill* safe. Frankland had fool&My roadfl known in the town that he had' a good sum of money on hand, and was staying at home for the holidays to protect it. Detective Cooney and Sergeant Miller, on searching tho Wanganui .river bed near tho tennis courts, discovered a tin ,box which contained jewellery when it stolen. They also found the saei winch had been used to carry the haul aw?iy. The tin and the sack were both damaged by the explosions in the sale. Twenty chains from the first find, a cardhoard holder and £ls worth of jewellery was discovered. Further developments are expected shortly.