Purse snatcher quickly jailed
Mrs. L. Soubbotina, a teacher of English, residing at 120-C Bluff, while passing North & Rae’s Store yesterday at noon was attacked by a Japanese labourer K. Suzuki, who endeavored to snatch her purse and make away with it. Due to Mrs. Soubbotina’s quick presence of mind however, the attempted robbery was a failure.
In the dash for the purse, Suzuki did not correctly gauge the strength of the leather handle of the purse, nor the hardness of the ground to which he was to be quickly precipitated.
1921 | THE JAPAN TIMES
Holding on to the purse with one hand, and keeping the would be thief pinned to the ground with the other, Mrs. Soubbotina’s shouts for help were answered by J. Mikawa, rickshaw-man No. 1529 stationed at the Belmont Hotel.