 Later at the tavern , a police inspector from London named Morrison ( István Lénárt ) discusses with Brown the matter of the stolen money . Morrison claims to be working on behalf of a theater owner named Mitchell , a theatre owner from whose office safe the £ 55 @,@ 000 was stolen . Morrison proposes that Brown , being intimately familiar with Mitchell 's office , is the only man he knows who was capable of making away with the money without raising alarm . Morrison indicates that Mitchell cares only that the money is returned swiftly , and is even prepared to offer a two nights ' theater takings in exchange . When Morrison mentions having visited Brown 's wife and asks what he should tell Mitchell , Brown leaves the room under a pretense and slips out a side door . Nearby playing chess with the barkeep , Maloin has overheard the conversation . 
