04 Oct 1927
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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 04, 1927
Page
1
A fragmented report recounts pickpocketing on the London Underground and a robber who returns wedding rings to avoid bad luck. It notes superstitions about humps and crooked coins, mentions Dun Melly, an American burglar, and a planned bank robbery in a Louisville area town.
In London a pair robbed a family, fled when a thunderstorm broke, and police opened fire killing one thief. The next morning the other was found dead beside a smashed car. A superstition tale about charms and bad luck follows with references to a black pebble and a black cat superstition.
The text describes Billy as tenacious yet vain in certain tasks like retrieving golf balls. It records a valet or friend’s quip about carrying balls and a man’s insistence on a rule of action. A separate scene depicts a wife bid to move away from a platform while her husband comments on keeping distance and safety.
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