HOTEL JEWEL ROBBERY.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19466, 13 November 1928, Page 13

HOTEL JEWEL ROBBERY.

NEW ZEALAND LADY'S LOSS. (raOM OUB' OWHTCOaHESPOJSDEKT.) LONDON, September 27. A man Vho is known to Scotland Yard as the "slickest hotel thief in tM country." is believed.to have been responsible for a £2OOO jewellery coup at a West .End hotel. 1 . Carrying a luxurious.crocodile leather portmanteau, a man arrived at• Bwio Hotel, Grosvenor' street and, a«| signing the register, ■ retired to m s rooms, ostensibly to change ««,«»« Afterwards it-was. discovered that visits were made to rooms whose occupants: were at dinner. From one, jewellery valued at £2OOO had d«a£ peared. A diamond necklace, a pear* necklace, an emerald ring, J*«K brooches, a gold pendant, wristlet watches, and bracelets were among tn missing property, also a good sum i bank notes. • ' ■■ j-,„«»«>d When the robberies .were disc°verea detectives were .summoned. J-** 1 * . * tention was drawn to the fact tna* one .in the to™ ™Z missing.' The missing guests room was entered and his portmanteau opened. Inside were found two snirw and a steel jemmy. A finger-print suggested to the police that a clever aovei thief for whom they arc searching may have ■ taken part in this • coup, • •.*"" missing guest signed the hotel, in the name of Fenwick. He is o«scribed as about 32 years of age ana oft 4ih in height. a^ar i One of the ladies who considerable loss of jewels and money has booked to leave for New Zealand a few days hence.