Coventry Evening Telegraph 19 Aug 1897: Trumpington burglars caught at railway station
SUPPOSED BURGLARS CLEVERLY CAUGHT.SILVER HIDDEN IN A TOURIST’S BAG.
It was discovered on Wednesday morning that a burglary had been perpetrated at Trumpington, near Cambridge, and Superintendent Burrow and Constable Salmon, of the County Constabulary, commenced investigations in the neighbourhood. On arrival at the railway station they notified two men who had booked for London, and of these they at once became suspicious. On being questioned the strangers said they were just off for a holiday, but this did not satisfy the officers, although the accompaniment of a tennis racket, and a cricket bag seemed to lend colour to the story. They opened a handbag, which the suspects also carried, and found inside it some silver articles and other valuables which confirmed their suspicions. Seeing that they were in for arrest the men made an effort to run away, but were caught before they could get out of the waiting room. They struggled hard for freedom, but the police were more than a match for them, and they were finally overpowered, and placed in custody.