From the San Francisco Call, Volume 115, Number 12, 13 December 1913
WOMAN ROBBED WHILE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
While Christmas shopping in Oakland yesterday, Mrs. David Hanbury Banta. widow of David Hanbury. wealthy Englishman of Vallejo, and wife of Wllliim A. Banta, was robbed by a pickpocket of $100 and a signet ring, a Christmas present for her 4-year-old son.
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