The Phoenix Hotel Larceny
A man stands accused of relieving an intoxicated patron of over $700 in cold cash.
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Roland Maian was arrested yesterday by Detective Giddee on a warrant sworn out before Justice Humphrey by Robert Fitzsimmons charging him with larceny. It is alleged that Maian robbed Fitzsimmons of $711 in the Phoenix Hotel on June 18, while the latter was intoxicated. The case will be heard July 8, and meanwhile the defendant is at liberty under $750 bond.
“It is alleged that Maian robbed Fitzsimmons of $711 in the Phoenix hotel June 18, while the latter was intoxicated.”
Petty theft and opportunistic crime against vulnerable, intoxicated individuals remains a staple of the police blotter in Downtown Seattle, just as it was in 1893. The Phoenix Hotel, a common setting for such mid-range civic drama, represents the high turnover of lodging that defined the urban frontier.
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