New Britain herald., 1915-02-02
RAFFLES LAYS BLAME
 ON A JEALOUS WOMAN
Says Female AdniTer Informed
 Police Of His 1heftS.

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 2.-Ernest Shandau, who was arrested here on the charge of robbing a guest of the Hotel Savoy in New York of $2.000 worth of jcwclry. has confessed to New York detectives. who have been following him for several months that he had cleaned up an aggregate of $40,000 in money and valuables in series of New York hotel robberies He was betrayed to the police. he said, through the jealousy of one of two rival women admirers
 Shandau'S confession was made in City Hall to John Maddock. detective sergeant of New York. and several of his assistants who had trailed the man from New York to Ann Arbor Mich,, from there to Paterson, N. J., from there to Baltimore. and thence to this city. Maddock says that when list of the New York robberies was placed before Shandau he said
 "All right. l admit them all. l did those jobs. but the women were the cause of it all. | received nothing my self, and out of all the money and iewelry I took I have nothing to show for it."
 To commit the robheries and thefts it was necessary for Shandau to pose as a man of high social position, and this he was able to do. he said through the training he received while in the employ of William K. Wander hilt as a chauffeur two years ago. He was arrested and sentenced to one wear in jail at that time for signing Mir. NandCrbil's name to orders for autOm Obile tires.
 LayiShcS Gifts on Women
 Discussing his downfall Shandau said he had been lavishing gifts of money and iewolry upon two women in New York city, and when one of them learned that she had been sup planted in his affections by her rival she notified the police of his move ments from city to city, enabling the detectives to trace him and finally to arrest him in hotel here. The wom- an tclephoned to the Philadelphia po- lice last night that Shandau was com ing to Philadelphia and would stop at certain hotel. Acting on this tip the detectives entered his room with drawn revolvers and took him to a cell.
 Following the confession Shandau was arraigned and held without bail to await acquisition papers from New York.
 The robbery on which Shandau was indicted was that of the apartments of Surgeon Albert Goodman. T. S. A, who lives at the Hotel Savoy. Dr. Goodman's apartments were entered on November s. 1914. and about $S,- 000 worth of iewclry was taken.
 Or January 8. it is alleged, Shan dau robbed the home of D. N. Han son. a member of the firm of Mason & Hanson, wool merchants, New York. About $20,OO0 worth of ieWelrN was taken.
 The police have seized shan dau's wardrobe. consisting of about twentN-eight suits of clothing Part of it is in this city and the remainder In Washington.
 The New York detectives say that Shandau Outdid the Rallies of fic- ton in the refinement of his Operat- ing methods. He stopped only at the best hotels, where he made his ap- pearance at dinenr always in evening dress. During dinner he would learn the names of the women in the hotel who wore the finest jewels, and, whenever possible. would obtain intro ductions to them. After his third evening, the police say, he would a hscnt himself from the dining room and with skeleton keys would enter the apartments of those whom he had marked as his prey, secure their and decamp.