4th Mansion Robbed in Posh Rhode Island Area
United Press International
NEWPORT, R.I. —
Two masked gunmen ransacked a mid 18th-Century estate and escaped with an undetermined amount of valuables in the fourth mansion robbery in the oceanside resort in the last two months, police said today.
The bandits broke through a side window of the 15-room Malbone Estate before midnight Monday, bound a caretaker with telephone cord and ransacked the Gothic Revival-style mansion before escaping, said Sgt. Timothy Brennan.
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