Iron County Record | 1949-01-20 | Page 2 | Thief Makes off with Pound Notes

KLW SUFRLOCK HOLMES Thief Makes off With Pound Notes British authorities would I e very happy had the renowned Sherlock Holmes been real and avaihblc, since the country was facing two aggravating and puwling problrnis. Someone had stolen seven occt of one-pound sterling notes, amounting amount-ing to approximately $.'M. from the extraordinarily guarlcd bank cf England printing works. As an added poser, someone had been going around smashing stained glass windows in the Wolverhampton Wolverhamp-ton area of the Midlands. Circumspect, Circum-spect, well-behaved Britons c.wldn't understand how anyone could d'j cither of these reprehensible 'lunsi. An Idea of how hard to ca'.rn n.ay be the pound note thief Is provided In the fact that the money, .Mcn last summer, had only begun to circulate recently.