THEY were Glasgow’s equivalent of Bonnie and Clyde.
War, Robert Thomson and partner Marion Buchan escaped with valuables worth more than £500,000 in today’s money.
At the time Betty McDonald and Nessie McKechnie were working at 19 St Vincent Place in Glasgow city centre. At this point Betty and Nessie both saw a well-dressed man, wearing a fedora hat, coming up the stairs towards them.However, they said there was no company by that name in the building. The suitcase and holdall had 22 bottles of whisky and gin. Thomson was also carrying 73 skeleton keys.
A search was made of Thomson’s office in West Campbell Street where 23 additional skeleton keys were found, together with knives, chisels and a large quantity of other stolen goods, the proceeds of the other break-ins.It also transpired that Thomson was an expert at manufacturing keys to fit any lock.
This was searched by the local police and found to be a virtual treasure trove of items stolen from the various thefts in Glasgow during the past five years.
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