New-York tribune., 1903-01-31
ENTER WEALTHY HOMES.
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Heyer found the front door open. no one guard
sng it. A carriage with coachman stood at
she curb. Heyer assembled 70 the second floor.
he said. Then he descended again. and met
Nartineau the lobby They withdrew into
the parlo- while woman went downstairs and
entered the carriage. Then they went out and
they told her what they had done. and that the
house had been left unguarded. The woman
stamped her foot on the sidewalk in vexation,
the detectives reported. and told them they had
no business to intrude IN a private house.
Of the fifty-six houses entered, the detectives
reported that in every single house they were
abused by either the mistress or one Of the ser
wants
In many homes they declared they saw jewels
lying about n rooms. diamonds and art works
Of priceless value The ease with which 1hey
entered astonished them. and all said that IL
nearly every case they could have got out into
the street again with large amount OF nootF
without being detected
Before frying the lower streets, Captain Ian
Try thought he would test the guarding OF the
block bounded by Fifth and Sixth aVes ana
17ifty-sixtf and Fif-y-seve SITS. The detec-
4ives failed to effect an entrance INTO sHele
house All We're carefully guarded.
Some of the houses entered as reported by the
detectives 70 Captain Lantry and noted oE MN
on the station biotter were as follows.
w X Vanderbilt. No i West Fifty-second-
81 William T Schley. No. Il West Flfty-seC-
cnd-st: h Emo Nc 43 West Fifty-second-sta6;
Mr.. WeisneT. Nc B West Flft-secoIo.st- .No, %
West Fiftv-second-st-. No IL West tlttY-fourrlh-
81 No 2 West Fifty -seeond-st-. No , NF'st
Fifty -secona-st-. Edward S. Peck: No. :lo
Fif1ieth-st: II G Smith, No ~ West I'll
Ibir5. :, 1JliIhsIl No 20 East Fifty-i.1. hist.
Dr George +. Swift. No 20 West frftF-flIl ,
u. Hautevilie. No. % West FIJI I'm Nt
H. Dillon. - = We N'TT---. - "a "a.
6ormic1 80 t.-'-. =, =, 'odILS ~
Csuiteras No - West Fifty-1ftn-ssf = RoeTf @IsTf
F7mmet No. ~ West Fifty-third-st-: the misses
1aracy Nc Il West Forty-si-,th- hist: MIS-. hate
Rcvel No j East Torty-ninth-st: Miss bhaza-
he+h Martin No rs East Forty-nnth-st-; DR..
and Mrs 7 " Cleaveland, No. ~ West FIJI
4ieth-st.. Mrs. Mary A Robb, No p East Forty
1Ffth-st: H NJ TiIford. No West Thirty
Fixth-st. c L. Robinson. No. 43 West Fifty
seoond-st and Mrs Birdseye Brakeman. NO >
He re+aioed. however the addresses of four
seen Of the houses for some reason unknown TO
any one hut himself. Every effort was maze
40 find out why he had not put them on 'he
flotter hut il unavailing
CAPTAIN Lantrv said that he was perfectly
justified in sending his men into the houses on
being asked if he had that right. He said:
I have every right in the world If | think
q house is likely 10 be robbed IT is my oulE " -
prevent IT. If my are able TO get INTO
houses SO easily they were to-day then 1t
shows the possibility Of buTglaries. and my men
prevented them. at least to-day
The captain said the action he took came from
- talk he had on THURSDAY with Charles Beckett
abe man arrested in connection with the Prem
aice burglary.
L asked Beckett how he broke into the
Prentice house He said he did not break in
that he walked in. and he said, 1t was cinch
I figured that if men could get into houses so
rasilv rnv men could Do the same. and tried II
with the result you Sc.
CAPTAIN Lantry said he told his men to visit
every house. They tried all between Madison
end Sixth aves and Forty-third and Fifty
ninth stS. visiting nearly five hundred in all
He said that as quickly as a detective found the
gate or front door locked he went TO the next
house
Police Commissioner Greene could not be
found last night be asked what he thought of
The move of Captain Lantry. 1t was the general
rpinion around Police Headquarters that Cap
Tain I.ant-v had made a mistake.