The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-11-19
HELD UP IN HIS HOTEL ROOM
Two Men Bind and Gag Him and Re-
neve him of his valuables to Amount
Of Many Hundreds of Dollars-Seeks
to Treat With Robbers in Vain.

In the most daring, thrilling, movie
picture show robbery ever pulled off In
this section of the state, Jokn
IL. Heating, the proprietor of the
buffet at the Hotel Borup, for
mer president of the Kenosha Athletic
club and widely known rs a sporting
man throughout the country was
robbed of his "roll'', his jewelry val
ued at somewhere near two thousand
dollars and other valuables. The rob-
berry which was a most carefully plan
ned one, was pulled off at the Hotel
Borup, where Heating makes his home,
and it is evident that the two men re-
sponsible for it had carefully planned
it and the plans were made so well that
they got away with their swag, The
way they did it was the most interest
ing part of the whole story.
Heating had attended d theatre dur
ing the evening and he reached the ho-
tel Just after 1920. He was suffering
from headache and he declared to the
night clerk that he would go to bed
right away. He took his key and went
up to his room. He unlocked the door,
but when he went to open it it seemed
to push little hard Are you here
already, Keno" asked Heating, be-
lieving that he was speaking to his ia
vorite greyhound who had the run of
the apartment. Just as he said that he
was grabbed from behind by strong
pair of arms and at the same time an
other pair of hands stuffed a gag into
his face. 81 Now cut out this talking
and just lie down like a good little
boy one Of the men Kissed into his
ear while the other one busted himself
tieing the hands of the luckless victim.
Heating thought that he might yet es-
cape and attempted to get near the
door, but when he moved he felt the
cold steel of revolver barrel placed
close to his right temple and he gave
up the struggle.
The men tied him securely and then
carried him into the bath room and
laid him on the floor near the bath tub.
Heating was unable to move hand or
foot and a towel was stuffed half
way down his throat making it impossi-
bic for him to utter a sound. The men
busted themselves about his clothes and
frisked the pockets. The first thing
that they took oct was his coll which
contained some fifty dollars in currency
and lot of checks and certificates, the
whole amounting to close to 800. Then
they took his watch, a cheap one, which
he had picked up off a punch board.
Then the splendid sparkler which had
been the tie pin of Heating was drop
ped into the bag and the bold robber
chuckled as he held it up at the win
dow and allowed the rays from a street
light to play over the four carat sur
face of the diamond "Here s a pref
ty little sparkler," declared one of the
men as he reached up and loosened the
safety clasp on an Elks' badge on
Heating s coat. Heating in lucid in
terval had thought of the splendid dia-
mond which he wore on his finger and
he had turned the stone around so as
to hide it in the palm of his hand. The
big diamond bulged out the hand and
one of the men-and he smiled when he
said it-whispered, "Come on now,
straighten out those fingers, that was
one of the things we came after, - and
he deftly pulled the big diamond ring
off as he pushed the barrel Of the re
volver into the ribs of Heating Just
to emphasize his demand.
''Got anything that we have over
looked, the leader of the pair said,
and Heating, getting his breath, said,
Now, get out of here, / IN sick MAJ,
want to go to bed"
ono, we ain t anywhere S near ready
to co. the follow answered. cit IS lust
the shank of the evening and we enjoy
your company and besides there are a
lot of people moving about down on
the street and we are lot safer with
you than we would be down town.
now.'
Heating WASH t very comfortable on
the floor of the bath room and he final
ly raised up and put in a few words
for comfort. s'We might as we'll make
this good and let me get out on the
bed and it will be just as easy for YOU
fellows to go on with your works
The men assented and Heating was
thrown rather roughly on the bed and
the men began to kid him. Just about
this time the man who occupies room
30 in the hotel, came in and the light
from the room came through a crack
over the door. The gag had been taken
out of Keating's mouth some time be-
fore and the robbers evidently feared
thad he would call for help. Nix on
that stuff, said the leader of the
band, as Heating tried to move when
he saw the light from the other room
aud he poked the revolver back into
Heating IS ribs. IL IN an amateur at