Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-09
THE STORY OF r CRIME
Mysterious Robbery In London That
Has Never Has Been Told Bef,r>.

An interesting man in London jour
Eal.sm is Charles Windust, general.
known as the special crime investiga
ter CT the Weekly Dispatch, a peang
paper. HIS has done some very cleve
things in the way of the amateur de
tedtive work that is frequently accom-
plished by American newspaper report
ers, and he has the subject of Englist
criminals and criminal methods at hi:
finger ends.
Mlr. Windust had just ted the story
CT enc CT the most mysterious robber-
les ever committed in London. a Grim;
known to the pol;Csl and to the public
as the Hatton Garden pOstoffice rob.
berry. Hatton Garden is in that par
of London close to the Holborn via
duct, and ii is the neighborhood where
the wholesale diamond dealers hav:
their places of business. The robbery
cost those diamond dealers S125, 00G
worth of gems, money and ether val
uables, and nOn= of the booty was ever
recovered, nor were the thieves ever
arrested for the crime, Mr.. Windust
lieves the Scotland Yard detectives
time when they read it.
He prefaces his account of the act
ual robbery by explaining that a
young criminal named BrIInt made the
acquaintance Of young woman our :
side Of Holloway prison, where bcth
had gone to visit prisoners arrested
for pocket picking, the prisoner in th5
girls case being her father The az
quaintance resulted in their geIttine 2
married.
"Brunt's business" says Mr. Win
dust, took him frequently to the cen
tinent, he being a member of a gang
of international crooks who disposed
Of the proceeds of their schemes i'll
Hamburg, Antwerp, Amsterdam CT
Paris, and it was WHITE he was en- a
journey abroad that Mrs Brunt took
lodgings in Castle street, Ho,bcrn.
There she received a postoffice order
at the postOffice in Hatton
Garden, and she went to cash it, The
lady clerks were not very polite to her,
and Mrs. Brunt spoke rather sharply
to them, with the result that there was
a wordy battle. While this was in
progress Mrs. Brunt noticed a: number
of young fellows enter the office and
register packages. letters, small par
@C4oy GU, CfCIy Ol4C VI Hn1Cn WIS
placed in a sack that hung by an iron
ring on hook just behind tbs counter.
and which could be easily reached
Smarting under the rudeness of the
clerks She determined to have what is
known among criminals as a "bit of
her own back" The stealing OF the
bags containing the registered letters
wCuid enable her not only to have her
revenge but also a fine haIll
That night she addressed a letter to
her husband, telling him she had got
good thing for him and to hurry
nome.
A few days later Brunt returned,
md when she had told her story he
'ose and paced up and down the room
or a few seconds.
It's as good as done, girl I'll see
he old 'un this afternoon and arrange
he Details" he observed, as he put on
lis hat and left the. room.
The old 'un was an expert continen-
al thief, known as Captain Preston -
nd when Brunt put the scheme before
lin he remarked: "A pretty little JOB
md no risk
The mother of ona of the Geographic
Messenger boys employed at the Hat
on Garden pOstoffice was a widcW VINO
ct lodgings, and a few days later
Dung woman took a furnished room
hat was to let The new lodg5r pre-
ended that she worked in the city, |
nd as her landlady's son and she
vent the same way to work each
norning they soon got en- good terms. |
after work was OVER she would call |
{ the postoffce and they would go |
-ome together. If the lad was down
taiTs in a kind of kitchen where the /
oys had their meals The lodger would |
Walk down and wait fer him.
After about thrse weeks the boy was :
ntitled to days holiday the fellow /
ng day, and he impaired to- the lodg- /
: thet he was going to friends 10 |
ca and then to the Princess theater. |
after in this evening the young lady !
1dger went into her landlady's kitch-
n.
Here's a funny thing" she remark
d. You know Johnny is going to :.
lie Princess theateri tomorrow"
Yes" said the mother.
''Well, some one has sent me a
cket, also, but I can't go. 1 have to
9 to see my sister, SO l thought you
f1uld like to go; tit a pity to waste
lie ticket, isn't it?''
We'll, that is kind Of you. I'll get
~ Work done and be ready as SCOn as
5hnny comes home. He's only on
0upls. of hours tomorrow and then I
an &c with him to- his aunt's to tea
nd to the theater afterward. I don't
link ] can aff3rd it, though" said the
ndlady.
Yes you can. 1 have done very
ell this week and had a good bit of
and l am going to my sis j
=, who is very we'll off. 1 may stay
lere a few weeks, so L am going -
ay you a weeks money in advance, ,
Id if L don't come back for Il little
nile you can rent the room and 1 can
ave another until that's empty. :
Tie next day Johnny did his two