Man’s Shirt Stolen From Washing Line

From: Guard room occurrence book: 19 Aug 1901 ...

Man’s grey shirt stolen from a washing line in Hitchin; suspect is a tramp.

Date of creation

9th November 1901

Reference number

HPF/B/98/029/2

People involved in incident

Sarah Chambers (Owner of Stolen Property), 8 Park Street, Hitchin

Transcript

From D.C.C. To All Stations Stolen from a clothes line [sic] at No. 8 Park Street, Hitchin between 2 & 5 pm on the 8^th inst., the property of Sarah Chambers, a flannellette [flannelette] shirt, mans size, grey with blue and red stripes. Supposed by a tramp but no description can be given.