New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-17
HOTEL MEN NOT SCARED.

T, has been said that while the police are vigil
lam in closing the side doors OF saloons on Sum
dav they are neglectful IN guarding against real
crime and that as a result. within fortnight.
a number OF hotels In the heart OF New-fork
have been robbed by band OF sneak-theves.
The hotels which have been named are the 81.
Cloud Hotel Forty-secOnd-st. and Broadway; Ho-
tel Metropole Forty-hrst and Forty second SIS
and broadway: Oriental Hotel Thirty-ninth-st
and Broadway: Hotel Marlborough. Thirty-sxth-
st and Broadway: Hoffman House. Twenty-nfth-
St and Broadway; Continental Hotel. twentieth
ST, and Broadway Aberdeen Hotel Nineteenth
st and Broadway; Union Square Hotel, Fifteenth
st and Fourth-ave.: 81. Denis Hotel. Eleventh.
st and Broadway, and the Broadway Central
Hotel Broadway near Bleecker-st
The stories that have been circulated are gen.
orally denied by the hotel men whose houses are
said u have beer looted. At the Hotel Metropoie
the story was to the effect that guest. bat
Nasterson Of Denver had been robbed OF 800
and 4 watch and chain. Mr.. Masterson Is
dcnutv-sherirr when AT home. The clerk at the
hotel said: II have heard nothing OF these al
legged robberles IA the house II any one had
robbed Bat Masterson he would never nave
said anything about II. Any one that knows MT
Masterson knows that he would never have SAID
"A word but that ne would have found his valua-
blcs II such a thing was possible. even II some
body was badly hurt during the transaction
At the Marlborough Hotel the proprietor said
that he had heard In vague way that roooeries
were going on uptown IN the hotels. and that as
a result he took extra precautions. but ne added
that nothing had ever been missed from the
Marlborough
A. the Hoffman House. James Cardigan. the
manager said that the guests In his hotel had
never been lnterfered with. rms was tne SANE
story heard generally at all the hotels. me notei
men are At n loss 10 know who originated the
story and some feel quite indignant over H. one
hotel man who IL In sympathy with commissions
er Roosevelt said yesterday: what IL sneak
thieves do loot hotel Inc ponce 90 noe uo
work inside the house. What Is hotei detective
for? Every responsible hotel has It's own de-
tective. and the blame should fall upon him. not
on the general police
THIEVES AND THE SUNDAY LAW
When the attention OF Mr.. Roosevelt was called
20 the report about hotel robberies. he said: /
am Informed that the story Is so absurdly fafse
that IT is not worth notice by the police. But
supposing It were true. what possible connection
could there be between the enforcement OF the
Sunday law by the police and the work OF sneak
thieves In a hotel on weekdays"
Acting Chief Conlin said that the attempt to
make the public believe that hotel thieves were
having their own way In the cry was 700 aosu. u
TO notice There had been fewer robberies than
usual by sneak-thieves in the hotels OF late he
said.
An effort was made yesterday to get from the
records ~ arrests on Sundays some information
about the effect which the recent vigorous en-
forcement OF the Excise law has had upon per-
sons who drink too much liquor. The tabulation
N tho arrests for last Sunday had not been COM
Melted bv the clerks the Central Office. but
some figures were obtained for the two previous
SUNDAYS June 30 and July L. when the police en-,
forced the Excise law with unusual severity. ana
also for June 16 and 3d. Sundays on which the
law was enforced as II had been for many weeks.
In the appended table are shown the arrests or
males on the four Sundays for all causes and
also for disordery conduct. intoxication and as
saults which are caused by too free use OF
liquor:
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