CO129-438 - Public Offices - 1916 — Page 10

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So 4 APR 16. METROPOLITAN-POLICE.

Vine Street Station.

"C" Division.

24th day of March, 1916.

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With reference to the attached, I beg to report that

on the receipt of the Correspondence from Foreign and Home

Offices (No.309686) on this Docket, I at once got into touch

with Chief Inspector Hall, of the Customs and Exoise, as I

knew from my previous enquiries and association with him in

the case against Sidney Cohan, Harlow Filbert Robinson, and

Thomas Clarence Horne, that he intended to apply for pro-

cess against Heckrath, and the information contained in the

Docket would be of assistance to him.

On the receipt of the telegram from Liverpool on

the 21st inst. stating that Heckrath had arrived there on

20th inst. and had proceeded to the Coburg Court Hotel,

Bayswater Road, I again got into touch with Mr. Hall, and

supplied him with the information. Mr. Hall asked me to go

with him to the Coburg Court Hotel to see Heckrath, but as I

was busily engaged with a heavy case of safebreaking on this

Division, he said he would see Heckrath alone. He after-

wards telephoned to me that he had called at the Hotel, and

had been unable to see Heckrath, and that he intended to ask

D.D. Inspector Sanders, "F" Division, for assistance in order

to see and interview Heckrath. I sent Corres. 71588, re-

ferring to Heckrath alias Hinton, to "P" Division, for the

information and assistance of D.D. Inspector Sanders.

Mr. Hall informed me yesterday that he went to the

Coburg Court Hotel with D.D. Inspector Sanders, and wES

successful in seeing Heckrath. He told Heckrath the

evidence we had collected against him and the latter immė-

diately said he would plead guilty, and asked the Customs