DARING ROBBERY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2102, 23 September 1890, Page 3

DARING ROBBERY.

One of the most daring robberi*' , that bas ever taken place in UDec [i n i occurred some time ri d ay night at the Duned.- pailwfty station- The 1 ,'o'are shortly these : Mr Parkhouse, the pay clerk, left his office on Friday night at 9 30, and as it is customary for him to pay the salaries of the officials about this time in the month he had in his safe a large sum of mon ey_-close en £7OO in all. When be returned on Saturday morning at 9.15 a.m. he was aware as soon as he stepped inside his office that something was amiss, some papers and several pennies lying about the floor, and the safe door standing ajar, serving to convince bim of this fact. He also noticed that the slide window was open. This further aroused his suspicions, and he at once made a search, which, almost needless to say, resulted in his finding that the bulk of his cash had disappeared. A closer search was then made, and he found out that the robber or robbers had successfully made off with £642, the balance being enclosed in a number of envelopes, which had apparently been overlooked as of no value. It appears that an entrance bad beem effected through the window before mentioned, to which the officials were in the habit of coming for their wages, Portion of the woodwork had been broken, and the snib which closed the window from the inside had been forced away, after

which it was an easy matter for a man, with a little assistance, to pull himself through the opening, which is 20in by IBin. Once inside, the robber had only to open the safe, and this he managed to do with much ingenuity, presumably with the aid of a skeleton key, and a piece of bent wire, which, along with a small saw and a file, were afterwards found lying alongside the safe. We are informed from another source, however, that there was no lock on the door, in which case the tools must have been used simply as a blind. The whole surroundings of the robbery tend to show that the robber (or robbers) knew their way about; that they were nob unacquainted with the place; and that the whole thing was most carefully planned and' carried out. Patterson, the night watchman, was on duty as usual, but he saw nothing at any time during the night to arouse his suspicion. He was in the immediate vicinity of the pay clerk's office eight times between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., and a constable was on the station twice during the night. The money taken was chiefly in notes, with a small parcel of half sovereigns included. Fo far no arrests have been made. —Otago Daily Times.

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