my

Coolie with the Key of my

Room

that he might open and sweep it out__ In half an hour the Coolic returned &

informed.

" me that on opening the door

of my

of the Win . -dows opens that he had called the Shroff who lives close to the Treasury Buildings, and shown it to him- that he was

room he discovered one

afraid money had been stolen from one of the Cupboards which was then open & begged diately to the spot - S'accompanied the Coolie and when he had opened the door I entered the room and observed that

me to come down imme.

one

was

of the Cupboards which I had my. - self locked the previous Evening

open- The Key of this Cupboard I had secured in the side drawer of a writing table in the same room- and the Key

about

of the Sable drawer I always carry my person _ The drawer was not touch = -ed or the Key of the Cupboard; which I found there, but the Cupboard itself was carefully opened apparently with.

Key and showing no signs what=

ther

anez

- ever

3

of force being applied for the purpose.

The Cupboard Lock is an

one and in

ket

156

English

very good order _ A small Bas= containing 160 chopped Spanisa Lalars, one mat bag containing 230 Mexican Dollars,

£40 . B . _ in shilling pieres, the batter 50 shilling paper rolls wire

other money in the

and

E

rolled up in 50.

messing - There

was other

same Cupboard loosly dispersed among

the shelves but all this

-ed - there

may

wad

left

undisturb have been 30 or 40 dollars

left behind. It appeared evident.

to me.

that the room had been enter.

ed by the Window

In

Marks were visible

were no

the Venetians showing that the bolts must have been raised by hand from without _ There

Shyphoon bars in and the Venetians admit of

: persons hand passing between them- We have hyphoon Bars but as I was not afraid of the wind affecting these win_ of them - Had

A

dows I never made use the Bars been in I dont think it would have been possible to raise the Bolts within or to insert a man's hand between the Venetians with

out

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