The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-13 00:00:00

ANOTHER DARING HOTEL ROBBERY.

On Wednesday night or Thursday morning last two
robberie,, and a series of most audacious though some-
what ingenious attempts at robbery, were committed-
(says the Newcastle Guardian) in connexion with the
rooms of commercial gentlemen at the Turk's Head
Hotel in this town, by a stranger, a "swell mobsman,"
but who, through his gentlemanly appearance and ad-
dress, had been admitted to the establishment to lodge
on Wednesday evening. The circumstances connected
with the robbery are reported as follows :
In the early part of Wednesday eve-
in question drove up to the hotel in
any luggage with him, and, on
coffee-room, ordered a glass of bran(
the waiter in a familiar manner, as
the house well, if there were ai
The waiter, not knowing the genth
name, when he gave one, but it was
nature, and so difficult of pronuncial
the waiter remembering it. The
formed him that there were no letter
gentleman had tea ; and, finally,
room No. 26, to sleep for tha night.
were other six bed-rooms, four of w
on one side—viz., Nos. 32, 26, 27,
on the opposite side of the flat—vi
Then beneath thi, flat were other thi
23, 24, and 5. With the exception
rooms were occupied during the
the "gentleman" retiring to rest the
found that, in consequence of his bei,
not require to be called in the morning;
surpr,;se of the servants, be was up ly, and about
halt pa st five on Thursday morning was standing at the
coffee-room door, Making inquiries for an umbrella, as
he wanted to go by the first train to Carlisle. The um-
brella not being at hand when the omnibus drove up, he
left without it, along with another gentleman of great
respectabili,V, and well known to Mr. Brodie, the pro-
prietor of the hotel, and who also had been sleeping in
the house.
Soon after five o'clock a commercial traveller, occupy-
ing bedroom. No. 24 on the fiat beneath, on rising, was
surprised at missing his gold watch, which, previous to
going to bed,_ he awl put under his pillow, and also on
finding his trousers lying on the floor, with some silver
and copper scattered about. At first he deemed that
some one had eatered his room in a lark," but he
soon discovered that
he had been robbed. Fortunately
he had wrapped his pi,•rse with its contents in his shirt,
and this he found untout
'hid. In a short time after, an-
other gentleman, a native of Spain, who occupied bed.
room No. 30, discovered that his room must hsi.ve been
d been taken awal ;
entered, as the sum of 81. ha and
it was next ascertained, from the door hinges having
been injured, that an attempt 113,1 been made to enter
bedroom No. 33, but the occupah't having bolt. as
well as locked the door, had preveuted any one fiv:.nl
entering. This was a fortunate ciecumstance, as ti. es
occupant had left his portmanteau open, containing a
considerable sum of money. As all the ppartieslodg-
ing for the night were well known to 14.-r. Brodie, and
as none had left but the stranger and clio other gen-
tleman already alluded to, suspicion w 35 naturally
directed towards the stranger, and the ser!evnt who at-
tended him was despatched by the followicg train In
pursuit ; but, in the meantime, it was aster `,wined by
the telegraph, that instead of the stranger priceeding
onward to Carlisle. he left the train at 11exhaint and
though the police are on the alert the thief has es yet
escaped detection.
It appears that neither of the gentlemen whose
rooms had been entered had been disturbed, and the
room doors in the morning were locked, and presented
no marks of violence. The case resembles that re-
ported a few weeks ago, in which two Americans had
carried on a system of plunder at hotels at Manchester
and elsewhere, and where it was shown that by means
of pliers of a peculiar description, which were found in
connection with those robberies, the key in as door could
be easily turned, the door opened, and agin locked,
ueaving it apparently in the same state as before.

evening the person
a cab, but without
i going into the
Idy, and next asked
if he had known
fly, letters for him.
lenian, inquired his
of so uncommon a
ation as to prevent
waiter,' however, in-
ers. Afterwards the
was shown to bed-
On the same fiat
which were situated
, and 23—and three
viz., 31, 30, and 29.
free
of No. 25, all the
night. Previous to
le waiter, on inquiry,
leing fatigued, he did
norning ; but, to the