Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-04-21 | Page 17 | Thief Steals Jewels from Luggage Room

THIEF STEALS JEWELS f FROM LUGGAGE ROOM Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, April 20. The fact that thieves haw got away with jewelry worth $25,000 from a hotel luggage room has been reported to the Bondon police. A traveler smpftyed by Hyde tt Soils. Ltd., Birmingham, arrived at the Inns of Court hotel. Holborn. and deposited four sample cases In the luggage room. poon afterwards a socond man arrived at the hotel and ongaged a room near the luggage room. He had two small hand trunks with him and at in 30 o'clock that night he left, carrying them, and saying that he would return. But he never came back. When the Hyde representative asked for hlR cases, no traco, Of his four leather leath-er cases could bo found. Their contents 1 he valued at $25,000. The closest cross-questioning fxiled to discover any Irregularity, hb the luggage room was locked and the keys had been U In proper custody all the time. If A close search, however, led to the finding of a. false key near the room or- . cupled for a few hour ly the man who had disappeared. This solved the mystery. mys-tery. The stolen property Includes grm rings, pendants, bracelets, brooches, ear-riuga ! necklets and scarf pins.