The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-01-27
|LNEDAT WALDORF.
WHILE He ROBBED
BROOKLYN HOMES
"a Loved to Watch Parade in
Peacock Alley" Declares
Alfred Asmann.
TRAPPED BY VICTIM.
Prisoner Says He Was Guest
of Swell Hotel for Ten
Days.
TRAPPED BY VICTIM.

'"rhc waidorrs none too good for
me when, I'm on velvet" declared
young Alfred Amman, burglar BY
profession. after he was arrested
At Ninth Avenue and Seventeenth
Street. Brooklyn. last night while he
was. rs he confessed. on his way TO
do Q Job" .,
Asmann had In one Of his pockets
n hotel key with the number ISIS"
on the tag. He said It was the key
to tho room ut the Waldorf Hotel
which he had been occupying for
ton days prior TO last Monday.
sure. like to sit In Peacock Alley
and watch tho swell danes trot by.
all Creased up like . broken arm"
laughed Asmann. Then It's mo for
q table in the cafe. with . broiled
chicken and quart Of Joy water in
tho Ice can under the table. That's
the life. KID" ..
The management Of tho Waldorf
was completely mystiffed when told
that key to room No. SIS had been
found In tho pocket of n burglar and
he had profcssed himself q recent
guest Mt the hotel. A search of the
register since the frst Of the month
failed to reveal tho name "Asmann,"
and It was said by tho room clerk that
room No. SIS had been occupied since
Jan. 4 by q woman. concerning whose
character there was not the least
shadow OF doubt.
Each room has duplicate keys, but
the duplicate to room No. so has not
been reported missing. Yet the key
and silver plated tag with the Wal
dorf coat Of arms found IN Asmanu's
pocket Is Identical with all other
room keys Mt the Waldorf save for
the room number.
The detectives At Brooklyn H~ad.
quarters credit about twenty .tobs''
to this smooth voiced and debonair
young Waldorf guest. All Of them
were perpetrated In the fashionable
Park Slope section OF Brooklyn within
tho last six weeks; all showed, the
work Of skilled hand and cool head
From what the detectives know nj.
ready In checking up the pawnshor
tickets they found on their prisoner
no has got away with moro thar
$500 worth Of plumber In his recent
activities.
The fall OF the waldorf bursiaz
came through pawnshop. The
house Of James Ryan at No. tie Car.
roll street. Brooklyn. was robbed or
Jan. II. Among the articles taker
was q silver bouquet holder. Mr.. Ryar
sent q list OF the $3.50 worth Of Jew.
eiry and silverware stolen from him
20 all the pawnshops in Brooklyn
with instructions that they b
watched for.
A few days ago the flower vast
was offered as pledge In q Brooklyn
pawnshop. Tho clerk did not detair
the man who wanted to pawn Il, blu,
he got q good description and with
this the detectives from HEADQUARTERS,
went to the Park Slope section Il
wait for further raids.
Last night Detectives Dowd ant
Manning saw . dapper young fellow
approaching who answered to the de-
scription given them. They haitst
him and searched him. In the pocks
OF his silk lined overcoat they founs
a Jimmy and nash lantern.
"You've got me right, the prisone
assented. II was out to do q littl
Job"
To-day he was held without bah b,
Magistrate Voorhees, In tho Butte
Street Court. ..
When an Evening World reports
saw Asmann In the Raymond Stree