, 1872-12-05
Pleasant Reading for Detectives
and Patro1men.
How a Guest at Anderson's Hotel
Was Robbed.
Iewelry to the Value Of $4,000 Stolen from
Another European Hotel.
An 81 800 Pocketpicking Case and q
West Side Burglary.

b pioI0i0aat de8ct1Te OF tile citt. 4t1ltub d
conversation about the acuteness Of tbs burg
lars who did the york, made the remark, The
boys are coming slowly Weat," He meant by
TINT, that Baltimore Vas nearer Chicago
than New York. The next burglary
| of any prominence WAS one near
Syracuse, N. Y, and those who heard the officer
make the assertion quoted began to realize that
he had spoken truly. He intimated that there
| would be some heavy robberies in Chicago this
winter, and this also has been verified. There
hAve been several New York thieves =
burglars and hotel "workers'-in this city
| Tor week past, and the first knowl-
edge any one had Of their presence
WAS On Saturday night. On that evening Felsen-
| thai d Sons rag factory, No. 100 South Des-
PLANES street, was entered, and the safe blown
open and robbed. The manner in which the
safe TaH opened indicated that the person who
did the work was an expert. The headquarters
officers pooh-poohed the idea, Ginning that the
safe Eas so old and dilapidated that boy could
hsve kicked it open. Nothing valuable having
been secured by the burglars, the detectives, Of
course. ceased working upon the case.
On II onday night
ANOTHER HEAVY ROBBERY
wss committed. Anderson'a European Hotel
was the Bcene Of it. aud gentleman named
McMurrsy, from st. Louis, the victim. Tbs
theft was undoubtedly perpetrated by men who
thoroughly understood the plan OF the hotel, and
tue character and habits Of the guests. Their
style Of work, and the speedy and quiet
manner in which it WAS accomplished,
indicate that they are old hands
at the business. Il is certain that
the thieves we're stopping at the house
at the time. Iii. McMurray, it seems,
Was slightly under the influence Of liquor on
Monday night,so much so that. upon reaching
his room, he lay down on the bed with his
clothes On, and went. to aleep, leaving The room
which vas ~ calculated to atartle less
nervous individual than he must have
been after the little indplgences
Of the previous evening. he found that the
ont and carried of while be soundly slept, and
that everything OF value he possessed had been
stolen His pockathook, containing several
Thousand dollars worth Of notes and papers and
witch aad oiain, vorth something GEa $500,
was nowhere to be found. Mr. Mchfurrsy per-
1nitted q copiouB shower ct anathema to fallupon
himself and his folly. and then sought the
day clerk Of the hotel. This worthy individual
COURSE; II he had seen anybody in the gentle
mans room he would have elected them, but he
did not happen to observe any person in that
particular locality, not having been there him
self. Mr. McMu1Tay then reported the rob-
ba1y to the police authorities ut the Central i
Station, and Was informed that every assist
ance would be rendered him in the recovery
Of his property. Since then he has heard moth
ing from the Central Station. Yesterday, while
ing over his nisfo1tunes, McMurray involun~
tarily let fall the statement that be would be
willing to loss the money, and 800 to boot, il
he could only get back the pocketbook and the
papers which, it contained. The words
wsa s'r'sz asst q n s spproasSsd %an
and handed hin the missing documents. Nota |
word WAS uttered by either party, and when the |
strange business was transacted, the unknown |
walked out OF the hotel Mr. McMurray has |
do 80 with the assistance Of the accommodating |
gentleman who deliyared up his papers. Mr. !
Anderson has placed watch upon the rooms Of !
all suspicious pe1acns stopping at his hotel, and
expects By this means to put an end to the fear
Of midnight robbories on the part Of his guests. !
On last evening
ONE or THE LARGEST RoaBER1Es
which have been committed in this city for |
years, was perpetrated at Kuhn'a Hotel, on /
Dearborn street, just south Of Madison. Over
who waa lodging there, Every effort was made
By the proprietor to prevent the fact becom-
ing known, and TIE TRIBUNE reporter who
procured the information, cannot publicly nc
knowledge the kindness Of the guest ut the hotel
Hho gave him the points. The thief occupied
coon No. 81. Directly opposite, separated by
IN area-Way, by which Light is admitted to the
looms on the lower floors, was the room Of N.
Aronson, importer OF watches and manufacturer
4 3ewelry, whose place ot business is at No:
room was q large trunk, in which there was an
assortment Of gold watches, earrings, breast
bins, rings, and other trinkets, representing in
'alue between sl5, 0Q9 and $4,000. Mr. Aron-
ware Of the absence Of the jeweuer. Lifting
lp the window Of his room, he got
nto. the area~Way, and crossed to Aronson's
gindow. The sash was up, hut the inside
'lnds we're closed and c1asped together. With
he aid Of q jimmy, the burglars forced open the
ainute. Within five minutes the trunk was
mpty, the lid having been pried open, and the
ewelry emptied from the cases in which it was
Laced for preservation into valise belonging
hrough the two windows, seized his hat, and
.alked leisrrely down stairs, leaving the door Of
is room open and the gas lighted. Walking up
the clerks desk, he paid his bill, threw the door
ey On the counter, andleft the house. It was no
cea a. that nat, ne held !. bis valise near big
e had something beneath his coat.
aataad Of following the MN, 81
ervant WAS sent to his room, and found it in
ae condition stated. By the time he returned
I'D reported, the thief was beyond pursuit.
For the information Of the police, it is stated
lat the man who robbed Kuhn's hotel is about
feet inches in height, has black hair. and q
nall goatee, and was very genteely dressed, ]
ID very gentlemanly in his manner and coayer-
.tion.
It is due to Superintendent Waahburn to ssy
tat it ia rumored that be has had detectives
atching the hotels. II he would adopt
te course suggested. by . detective in g,
communication published in The TR1B- I
Ne in, October last arrest all {
ieTes upon sight and compel them to leave the !
y at once,-there would be no heavy robberies {
nmitted in Chicago Unless he does do some- ]
lngof the kind, there will be no end Of burg 9
rles and robberies here this winter. :
i PoCKErp1cKINa CASE.
a cattie-drover named Lynch, who has been ! q
opping at the Adams House for some days J
st, WAS robbed Of 81, 800 last evening while
oceeding from the hotel to the Central depot
an omnibus. He suspects that the person
10 sat next to him knew that he had +
. ;, money with him, and rode in the a
anlbua tor the purpose Of picking his pocket. a