The times., 1901-05-28

Carl Rabc, Mt IA Local Hotel, Learns
/ of the Theft of His VnIfse I'm Philn-
deIphia and the Cashing of HIS
Letter of Credit Elsewhere.
Captain oBardman, Chief of the local
/ Detective Bureau, yesterday received a
] telegram from the Baltimore authorities
informing him of the arrest ut the Car
/ rollton Hotel, in that city of Il man giving
! the name Of Carl Rabe, upon whose per
/ son was found a letter directing the post
master at Philadelphia to send all mail
/ for Joseph Heller to Washington, d. c.,
/ care Of the general delivery.
The man, it was learned, had been ar
rested by Detective Seibold, of the Monu-
mental City's detective force upon COM
| plant of the manager of the hotel there,
who claimed that the stranger had tried
to pass bogus check on one of the guests
and had passed one for $3.50 on Beck &
/ Grubers, the propretors of a saloon in
that city.
After the arrest the detectives searched
his room ct the Carrollton and a dressing
case. the only article of baggage in the
room, was taken to headquarters and
opened. In the case was found letter
of credit issued by Reinhold Strekner, of
| Halle-on-the-S -Saale, Prussia, and made
payable at the banking house of Messrs.
Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne, New York;
the Dime Savings Bank, of Cleveland,
Ohio; the Woolworth National Bank, of
San Francisco, and the National Bank,
of Buffalo, n. Y. On May 10 500 was
drawn on the letter of credit in New York
aid the name Carl Rabe'' was signed
on the draft.
A search of the dressing case also re-
vealed that the clothing in it was owned
IA he II
now prisoner had no right to that name
Rabc's clothing was entirely too large
for the man who had taken his name and
letters of credit There were also found
in :he valise numerous keys belonging to
Y'Tlous hotels in Baltimore, Philadelphia,
ind New York.
From the letter of credit, the markings
on the clothing and collars, it is evident
that the real Carl Rabe came to this
country from Prussia. The letter of
credit, Captain Humphrey. of the detcc-
tive force, thought indicated that the real
Rabe was tourist in good circumstances
VINO was travelling in America and sad
perhaps come to this country to attend
the Buffalo Exposition.
The Baltimore authorities were at first
inclined to believe the mans story, but
the disclosure of these facts practically
settled the matter in their minds that the
mans name was not Rabe; that he did
not own the Falise, and that the yalise
was that of travelling man who In all
probability, had been fouily dealt with
Ihey at once communicated with the
local authorities
Detective Sergeant Miller was assigned
to see If any man by the name of Rabe
could be located at any local hotel He
hnaHy found the original Carl Rabe
together with a friend of his Richard
jacob, stopping at the National They
informed Miller that they were from
Prussia, and that they had Just reached
this city from Philadelphia, where Rabe
had left his valise
Ihey both stated that they were sim
Ply taking trip through the country in
spectlng our iron factories and expected
20 return home some time next month
when acquainted with the fact that
man had been arrested in Baltimore who
had in his possession Yalise owned bv
one of~them they appeared very much
surprised.
They will go to Baltimore this morning.
accompanied by Detective Sergeant Mil
Ter, to recover their property, while the
police of the Monumental City will en-
deavor TO identify the clever thief who is
now under arrest.
The person is said to be known also as
fulton and George Miller" Last
night the Baltimore police received a
communication from the Philadelphia au-
thorities saying that the man of aliases
was wanted in the Quaker City on the
charge Of passing bogus check on the
Hotel Walton there.