Mr. W. A, White's House Bucgled: Jewellery Stolen One of the.most mystifying robberies that has taken place in Shanghai in several years occurred on August 9 at 1349 Avenue Joffre, when the house of Mr. W. A, White of Messrs. Probst, Hanbury Ca,, Ltd, was entered and robbed of some $10,000 worth of jewels and $600 in The thieves made a clean escape without leaving the slightest clue on which the police of the French Concession can work. There is no knowledge of how they entered or left the house and only a small chisel and a wax candle were found on August 10 in the garde surrounding the premises, Nei ther of these bear any fingerprints nor were any discover, ed in the room where the robbery: took place.
It is believed, however, that the work was carried out by experienced thieves, for, in securing the loot, they intentionally overlooked a eon: siderable quantity of silverware and confined themselves to the jewels which were in the usual boxes. These boxes they quickly emptied and Jeff in the garden and they only carried away what they could plneg in their pockets, which was of sufficient size to attract particular attention. The jewels are covered by n small amount of insurance but not enough to repay a quarter of the loss,
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