Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-01

Hussein; Hussein came down, was
searched, went down to the kitchen,
brought up more coffee, and never ap-
peared again. The g time l saw him
was about noon yesterday, when we
broke open the door and found his dead
body. At 1925 Mr.. Talbot, accompanied
by the one whom Inspector Walters has
described as the spokesman Of the
strangers, came down the stairs. Mr..
Talbot looked somewhat puzzled, but
not specially worried, and submitted
himself to the searching operation, as
usual. The other man seemed to be
surprised by his proceeding, but offered
no objection when his turn came, and
said something laughingly In French to
Mr.. Talbot, when he had to a his
boots off. The two gentlemen went out
side n called a cab. MI. Talbot got
in, and the constable at the door heard
the foreigner tell the driver to go to the
Carlton Hotel. He repeated the address
twice, so as to make sure the man
would make no mistake.
Then they drove off, and there was
no further incident to report until five
minues past twelve, when the other
two foreigners came downstairs. Then
we had a bit of a job. They knew no
English, and one Of our men, who could
speak French. found hat they did not
understand that language. However,
at last In dumb show we got them to
perceive that everybody who came
downstairs had to be searched. They
submitted at once, and l took special
care thai the investigation was COM
plete. There was nothing upon them to
arouse the slightest suspicion, no wea-
pons of any sort beyond a small
pocket-knife carried by n man,
and not much in the way of either
papers or money. Before going out one
of them produced a small card on which
was written. Carlton Hotel
II took it thai this was their resi-
dence, so l instructed a constable to see
them into a cab and tell the driver
where to take them. l also showed
them how much money to give the
cabman. None Of h gentlemen up
stairs put in an appearance, nor did l
hear them retire to rest. To make quite
sure that all was right, / and a SER
geant who looked in q little later, went
upstairs and tried the door of the ante
room. This was locked n everything
was quiet within, so we returned to the
hall, and the night was passed in the
usual ann Hussein always made
his about 8 o'clock in the
morning, when he came down to pro-
cure coffee for his excellency n the
others. AS he did not show up l Won
dered what had become of him. When
nine O'Clock came ! determined to in
vestigate matters. BY that time the
diamond cutters had put in an appear
ance, and were gathered in the hall,
Undergoing a slight search preparatory
to their days work.
"How many of these men were
there?' broke in Brett.
Fourteen exactly. They were mostly
Dutchmen, with, 1 think, three Bel
rians. Taking a constable with me, 1
went upstairs and assembled to the sec
ond story. where l knew his excel
lency's suite was situated, and where
I expected to find Hussein asleep on a
mat in front of the bedroom door. The
mat was there, III no Hussein. Then
went higher up to the rooms occu-
MED by the two assistants. l knocked,
Int received no answer. One door was
locked; the other was open, SO / went
in. but the room was empty, and the
he'd had not been slept upon. This
seemed so strange thai l knocked loud
" at the other door, with no result. I
returned to his eX~cellency's floor and
hammered at the door, which was
locked, sufficiently to wake the sound
est sleeper that ever lived. This again
was useless, so / returned downstairs
and sent off two messengers p~ost-haste
lone to Mr.. Talbot and the other TO
the commissioner of police at Scotland
Yard. The man who went to Mr.. Tall
bots house returned first. bringing the
startling information that Mr.. Talbot