THE SYDNEY BURGLARY BOOM.
V ICi LANCE COMMITTEES PROPOSED. GLEESOX'S FOOLISH !i JOKE” EXPOSED. [UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION —COPYEIGHT] (Received Mav 22, 9.30 p.m.) SYDNEY. May 22. Tile fact that many police have been withdrawn from their regular duties to that of compiling the electoral rolls is urged as one cause of the burglary boom. A movement is afoot in the northern suburbs to establish a civilian vigilance committee for the protection of householders.
After subjecting Gleeson to the Third Degree for several hours, Hie detectives secured a, confession.
His talk to the female servants about masked burglars suggested the idea of a good joke to give them a fright* and cause a sensation. He rose early and fired a revolver and shouted for the police. The whole affair was a fake, but he did not intend to carry it so far.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3531, 23 May 1912, Page 5
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141THE SYDNEY BURGLARY BOOM. Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3531, 23 May 1912, Page 5
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