New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-07
Young Man COnfeSSeS Woman
Servant in Long Branch
Home Aided Him in the
Mysterious Robbery.
TRAP LAID IN SANAT0RIUM
Marie Kruger Tells of Robbery
Plot and of Giving Loot
to Husband She Welded
in New York-JeW-
elry Recovered.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J

Greenwich, Conn, July 6-The mys-
terry Of the theft Of $4,000 worth OF
jewels from the summer home Of Har-
ry l.. Haas at Long Branch. y. j., was
cleared tonight by the arrest here OF
James Mcintyre and Robert Rhind,
both of whom were employed in Or. J.
L. Bowman's sanatorium here.
The Greenwich police asked the Long
Branch police TO arrest Marie Kruger.
parlor maid in the Haas home. They
were informed later that the woman
had been arrested.
In two suitcases in the prisoners
rooms the police found every piece Of
the stolen jewelry belonging to Mr.. and
Mrs. Haas and Mrs Louis Haas, with
the exception Of one diamond horse
shCe pin. A check for S156. made pay
able to Rhind. also was found the
check having been given TO the pris-
oner in exchange for the missing pin.
Mcintyre. after the police had put
him through the third degree for four
long hours, is said To have laid bare
une in jewels, and also IMPLICATED
Marie Kruger. According to McIn-
tyre, the maid went 10 Mrs. Hsas's
room on the second floor. gathered up
the iewelry, and then handed it to him
in the hallway downstairs. where ne
was waiti"g.
Rhind. who was surly and rebelious
from the time he was arrested. refused
10 admit any part in the burglary, and
seemed chiefly anxious to find a lawyer
to look after his interests.
Two Charged with Completely.
Mr.. Haas. 81. 10 is lawyer. with Of
fees at No. A. Broadway, New York,
was told Of he arrests by telephone.
! He said that he would come 10 Green
wich to-day with his wife and mother
to confer with the local police Ac-
cording TO Chief OF Police Rich. the
technical charge against Mcintyre and
Rhind is completely in the Haas bur-
glary.
Rhind. whose New York address he
gave as No. 49, East 10th street, ran
a jiu jitsu training school t.ere and
originally came from High Field, Eng
land. A month ago he appeared in
Greenwich and obtained employment
as a nurse in the sanatOrium conducted
by Or. bowman. He was quiet and
well mannereG and did what was asked
of him with skill.
Two days ago a tall, well dressed
young man stepped briskly off an in
coming train from New York, jumped
into a cab and ordered the driver 10
drive TO the home OF Eugene G. Scott,
on Stanwich Road, where Rhind had
been making his home. The man said
he liked the place and arranged TO
share Rhinds room with him.
Members Of the Scott family were
surprised on the first night OF the tall
strangers arrival by hearing the two
men talking earnestly together far into
the night. Their conversation was
solely about the value Of diamonds,
cmeralds. pearls and rubies.
This aroused the suspicious OF the
Scott household and DR.. Bowman was
told of his male nurses prediction for
talking about costly gems. The physi-
clan had talk with Chief Rich, who
placed a watch on Rhind and the
stranger.
Trap Set by Physician.
A trap was set for Rhind and his
friend and on the following day DR..
Bowman offered the stranger, who
proved to be Mcintyre, a position as
nurse In his sanatorium. Mcintyre ac-
cepted and went 10 work, and the