“Daring Jewel Robbery,” Toronto Globe. December 19, 1910. Page 04.—-Calgary Merchant Loses Eig
“Daring Jewel Robbery,” Toronto Globe. December 19, 1910. Page 04.—-Calgary Merchant Loses Eight Thousand Dollars.—-Thief Pretended He Had a Parcel for Mr. D. E. Black, the Proprietor, and so Gained Access to the Diamond Room - One Arrest Made—-(Special Despatch to The Globe.Calgary, Dec. 18. - A daring jewel robbery took place on Thursday afternoon, when a thief carried off over $8,000 worth of pearls, opals and diamonds from D. E. Black’s jewelry store on Eighth Avenue. It was between 4 and 5 o’cock that the stones were missed. Mr. Black had been showing his jewels to a customer, and had left them in a package on a table in the diamond room. Later one of the packages was missed, and a diligent search failed to reveal the gems. The thief effected access to the diamond-room, a small alcove behind the counter, under the pretext that he was leaving a small package for Mr. Black. The package turned out to be an old calendar wrapped up. A man named Mason was placed under arrest on Friday. -- source link
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