The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-14
HOTELS FURNISHED A FLAT.
THE MANHATTAN CONTRIBUTED
MORE THAN ANY OTHER.

But Drift OF Pickings From tho Waldorf .
tho Cumberland, the Belleclaire and
Other Places Garnishetl the Grosan
Home-William Grogan Ia Wanted.
A truckload OF table and bed linen. silver
ware and other property bearing the marks
Of various hotels was spread out In the
police room OF the Yorkville court yester-
day. 1t had been taken from the home Of
William Grogan, arrested on complaint
Of Edward NJ. Shanks. assistant manager
Of the Hotel Manhattan.
Grogan had been . houseman In the
hotel and lives at I'll East Fortieth street
with his wife and children. His wife was
formerly employed As . servant In tho
hotel.
The hotel management had for some
time been missing knives and forks, lace
curtains, bed linen, ice pitchers and other
articles. Grogan threw up his Job . week
ago Saturday. The housekeeper told Mr..
Shanks last Saturday that she bad seen
Grogan put some bath towels under his
coat shortly before leaving the hotel for
homo one night. Grogan had been i'm
plicitly trusted and had a pass key to all
OF the rooms Of the hotel, as his duties
required.
Mr.. Shanks got q warrant. with which
Court Policeman Carew went to the hotel
In the expectation that Grogan would call
for some OF his clothes that he had left there
In q locker. Grogan did come and was
arrested. Outside the hotel he broke
away from the policeman and ran, Carew
threw his club at Grogan's legs and brought
him down. After lodging him in the East
Fifty-fNt street station the policeman
vvtth hA al Mt nm
fiat.
The policeman had learned that Grogan
and his wife had been in the habit
OF entertaining servants from various
hotels at GROWER parties. The rooms were
luxury. In the kitchen the table had fine
cover that must have cost $40. There was a
handsome silver pitcher on the sideboard,
fanked by silver spoons, forks and knives
Of different patterns. In some Of the rooms
eS s, Of sss' CARPET CARPET aE Fine upon
cusr idors were scattered about: The
dining room closets were filed with ex
pensive chinaware OF many patterns. Lace
curtains hung over the windows. Fine
linen covered the beds and the headwork-
er's bed had a lace bedcover and lace
fringed pillow shams.
The linen bore the stamps OF several
hotels. There we're towels and napkins
galore, and on these, too, he found the stamp
OF bis own hotel as we'll as OF OtnerS.
There was a napkin from the Waldorf
Astoria and towels bearing tho stamp Of
the Young Mems Christian Association:
Other articles bore the stamp of the Hotel
Wolcott. the Cumberland Hotel, the Hotel
Belleclaire and the Pullman company.
The two visitors also found quantity Of
expensive Undertaking.
carew gathered up the goods that bore
hotel marks and found he had enough
to All a truck. He got the truck and took
the stun to the police room In the court
building.
Mr.. Shanks made a complaint yesterday
In which he charged the prisoner with
larceny OF fifty dollars worth Of towels
and napkins. This constituted grand lar
ceny and Magistrate Wahle held Grogan
IN 81 900 bail for the Grand Jury.
Most Of the seized property bore tho
mark OF the Hotel Manhattan and Mr..
Shanks was allowed to take away all but
enough to show As evidence on the pris-
oner's trial.
Tho police are holding tho rest for iden-
tifioation by the hotels whose stamps arc
upon 1t.
President Jacques Of the Hotel Mems
Association communicated with the man
aeers Of the hotels whose mark was on
property found In the mans room. Several
Of the managers said they would be unable
to do ANYTHING until further information
was obtaiped as to what servants carried
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