The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-21
HIGHWaYMAN'S DARING DEED.
aoID THEFT COMMITTED IN. BIG
KANSAS CITY HOTEL.

pobber walked in, CoOIly Picked Up
the Point of Pistol, Walked Out
and Rode Ayvay-Wns Gone Before
nm Alarm Could Be Given-Was n
smooth Piece of Work.
A smooth Piece of Work.
Kansas City, Mo, May 2O-A lone high
r.avman entered the corridor of the
coates Hotel, one of the leading hotels
here at 1870 o'clock tonight and forcing
,be strong box of the cigar stand, escap-
cd The box contained diamonds valued
a. 81 .2OC. $3.50 in gold, currency and sill
YER and checks to the amount of 800.
He held the night clerk and another en-
Move of the hotel off at the point of
re- Oliver and escaped on a horse that he
had tied TO the curbing. 1t was one of
.he most daring robberies ever perpetrat-
Cd mere AT the time a Times reporter,
Ian,es Sullivan, and Col Fred w. Elem
ing of the Missouri National Guard We're
seated in one end of the lobby; Night
clerk William Gossett stood behind the
registering desk; Night Waterman
charles L.. Meeker was pacing GO and fro
IN the center of the floor and the key
clerk and other were near by.
Ar the time of the hold up, which proved
ora of the most daring ever perpetrated in
Kansas, Sherman Clark, clerk of the
stand. a short distance away, was waiting
on a customer, who was proDaDly the ROD
ber's confederate.
Kelleher the key clerk, was the first
10 notice the robber as he entered the lob
by. ,.,, 49,, ,,,a,.o
Kelleher faced, "act as if you were going
to do something.
The robber as he spoke thrust the muz-
zle of a revolver in Kelleher's face, then
stepped behind the counter, picked up
the strong box and turned to go.
Clerk Clark saw him at this moment.
Hold on" he cried, what do you want?"
you - -, don't you move" COM
manded the "mand behind the gum as
he pointed his weapon at Clark's head.
IF you do I'll get you"
He backed out of the door with his
face turned to the lobby, and with re-
volver leveled, disappeared.
Men Made Their Escape.
So daring was the robbery committed,
II was a minute almost before Kelleher
or Clark could make an outcry. The
night Waterman awoke from his reverie
to see the confederate disappear through
another entrance. The alarm aroused
sullivan and Fleming, who, until the rob-
Der had made off on his horse, were in
ignorance of the drama that had been
enacted within fifty feet OF where they
stood.
Just before the robbery occurred, KEEL
leher had placed twelve pieces of diamond
jewelry, consisting of rings, pins and
studs, valued in the aggregate at $1,000;
about $3.50 in money and some checks in
The box, preparatory TO taking it TO the
hotel safe. The confederate attracted his
attention momentarily at the other end
of the counter, and after the robber had
performed his work, which consumed but
The fraction of a minute, both were in
the street making off.
Night Clerk Gossett claims that the rob-
bers name is Fishback and that he knows
him well.
The robber is described as being So
ysars of age, about six feet in hight and
well dressed. According to Clerk Gossett,
the man had lived at the hotel for week.
He had on one occasion taken the clerk
out for a drive and had generally been
considered a "gocd fellow The Coates
House is one of the three leading hotels
in the city, and is situated at Tenth and
Broadway in the heart of the down town
district