HOTEL ROBBERY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1778, 8 June 1906, Page 4

HOTEL ROBBERY.

EXPERIENCES IN AUCKLAND.

The Bbori immuo ty from robberies that Aock'and has cnj 'yrd recently was broken some timo between Saturday night and Sunday mornii g (elates the N.Z. H raid), when several rocms in tbo Waitemat > Hotil we.e entered and robberies effect d, Tbo room of ono of the boarders, whose door was not locked, was ent.red, and £lO in single r,0t03 stolen from his trousers pcoket, Fortunately, the thief did not apparently see the waistcoat in the rocm, which contained silvor and gold, whiob wts not touched. The rooms of four other boarders wo o entered. One gentlemen lost about £L worth of silver, while another bad half a-sovereiga stolen from his o'otbc s. The robber was apparently disturbed while engaged in the room of the gentleman who had lost the halfsovere:go, for the chain was found smashed in picocs lying on the floor, but a portion was still attached to the waistoat, indie .ting apparently that the thief had reason to hurry over his work. A oheguo book and some papers were stolon from anothor room, but these were apparently of no valuo to the thief, and he threw them into the bathroom. Some of tbo boarders were exeoediLg'y fortunate, in that tbo robber did noi visit their rocinr In cine oaso a man had left no less than about £IOO in an inside coat pooket.

There is no d; finite clue as to the perpetrator of the robberirs, none of the ’pere6ds robbed having seen or heard anyone enter bis room Is is stated, however, that a person in pyjamas was about to enter ono of the roems, but on being discovered be made away. It was thought ih.»t tbo man bad merely m-de a mistake as to bis room, nn-1 the person who saw him did not take particular niiico. Tf.o matter bas been plaood io tbo hands of detectives, but the difiioulty of trncing money is oonsiderablo. There were about 80 boa'dors in the hotel at the time of the robbery.