The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-06

bad been in tho hallway and had contained
q fern. The fern had been removed, and
deposited in a corner. The cloth on the
dining room table had been removed and
the thieves evidently intended TO wrap
their loot in it. All told, probably IS 200
or 50, 900 worth of goods had been piled up
ready for removal, all Of the pieces except
the iar mere being small.
The burglars apparently had Just reached
the bottom of the stairs when they heard
The bolI- sound in the basement, and had
left hurriedly. The butler heard some
body fan. after he had been awakened by
the bell, and the appearance Of things in the
hall indicated that one. Of the men had gone
to the floor ip the excitement Of leaving.
A tigers bead. on a skin. which lay on the
hall floor, had come in contact with some
body's foot and was minus a tooth. Also
in one corner of the hallway was found an
electric dark lantern. which was probably
lost when the burglar slipped on the hard
wood noor. The burglars left By way Of
the front door. 8.
The police were soon reinforced by the
reserves from the Fast Sixty-seventh at reet
station and from the Arsenal in the Park,
The s~hrubbery in the Park in the neighbor-
HOWL VI plANJ -NLlIu ENlVCN "o' ONoNN' ~
the cops because the butler said he thought
he saw two mon vault the fence. The
excitement and noise wakened the people
in almost every house in the block. Among
others who live in Sixty-tbird st reet nearthe
Asiel house are the Brokaws. the Blooming
dales and Joseph II. Choate.
The police found that the burglars had
gained an entrance to the house by first
saving an inch and a half iron bar in the
outer door Of the basement and then cutting
q pane Of rlcss in the inner door with a
dia
Mr.. Asiel was in n bad condition when
DIR. F~ridenburg arrived and was put 10 bed
at once. He had been hit -four times on the
head. Three of the bio VS., which had fallen
on the top and sides of the head, had cut thu
skin badly, and one on the right cheek had
made a severe bruisN. Or. Fridenburg said
yesterday thst ell Of the wound looked as
II they had been made by a brass knuckle
or a slungshot. He was inclined to believe
that the burglars had both worn brass
knuckles. He said that Mr.. Asisl was not
in a serious condition and that he would
be out in a few DAYS. He refused TO LET
anybody except Capt. Shire of the East
Sixty-scventh street rolico station see the
bro ker. Mr.. Asiol was in bed all day.
The police are working on the theory that
che job was lone by some one who had
knowledge of the interior Of the house.
They base this theory on tho fact that an
nsisten attempt was made to reach the
safe while there we're thousands of collars
worth Of goods within easy reach down
stairs. They regard as suspicious also the
fact that the door of the back stairs had been
Lnolrad hty fba htNrrlara an aG To nray wont
any of the servants from coming up that
way. The burglars had also pulled a large
screen over in front Of the entrance TO the
dining room so that no one coming down
the 'front.' stairs could see them at work.
Mr.. Asiel got the impression from the
sections of the men in his room that they
were amateurs, but the police don't believe
that. They say that the ircn bar was filed
by an expert, working with the best Of
tools. At the most, they say, it didn't take
him more than two minutes to go through
the bar and then wrench it out Of its socket.
Oil had been used to still the scraping, and
the bar had been mufied in a rag The
window pane which was cut had a paper
pasted over it to prevent the glass from
feeling. AZ least one OF the men, the police
say, was an old hand at the business.
Nearly a year ago Mr.. Asiel had a butler
named Fred Rubie, who was convicted
OF stealing silverware from him and who
is now serving aterm on Blackwells Island.
The police will seek to ind out who have
been Rubie's companions on the island.
Rubie, it was said yesterday. was working
his game when he was employed by Mr..
Asiel through the assistance Of a woman
servant who is no longer there.
The burglars got 500 in cash from Mr..
Asiel's pockets. and a gold watch valued
at $3.50. They took several dozens Of silver
knives, forks and spoons. and two or three
stickpins. The total loss is about $500.
Only a few doors from the Asiel house
il the home OF G. W. Woerz, the broker
who was held up in his home about a year
ago by Sandrock Smith.