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
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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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