The Washington times., 1920-08-20
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GIRL Of GEMS
ex-Army Aviator Confesses to
Aiding Theft Of $40, 900
In Jewels.

NEW YORK. Aug. 20.-Former Lieu
enant OF Aviation Donovan l.. shaw
twenty-five, was held in $4,000 bail
yesterday by Magistrate simpson In
the West Side court. charged with
robbing Miss Suzanne Duval, a MID
die West heiress, or her jewels,
Harry Il. Diamond, twenty seven
also was held In $1,000 bail on a SINH
lar charge as Shsw's accomplice.
Miss Duvais jewels are valued al
between 100000 and $4,000. They
consist of a pearl necklace, with
clasp containing three diamonds. the
largest one and a half carats; two
flexible bracelets, one containing
forty-one and the other forty-two dis-
monds; a breastpin, containing three
sapphires and 220 diamonds; ring
set with an onyx center and forty
diamonds. and a gold meshbag.
ROBBED IN HALL OF HOME.
Lieutenant Shaw. who has been a
friend OF Miss Duval since a year
ago last January. was her escort at
the theater Monday night. They saw
"Humoresque" at the Criterion. The
robbery took place when they reached
Miss Duvals apartment.
Diamond was waiting in the hall,
near the entrance to Miss Duval $
apartment. As she opened the door
and pressed the electric light button
in her drawing room, Diamond pushed d
in behind Shaw and leveled what
looked like a blue steel revolver at
Miss Duyals head.
Hold up your hands" he said, "or
I'll hll you full OF lead"
Diamond then directed Shaw to tie
Miss Duvals hands behind her back
which he did securely. Then Dia-
n;ond supplied some gauze tape and
supervised the "gagging' OF the
young woman. The tape did not ac-
tually gag her. for she kept right on
talking as she had since the hold-up
began. Diamond then tied Shaws
bands behind his back. After strip
ping Miss Duval of her jewels. Dia-
nond vanished.
AVIATOR CONFEssEs.
Shaw yesterday confessed to his
part in the crime and led the detec-
tives to Diamonds apartment. where
the loot was recovered. 1T was just
joke. We wanted to frightsn Miss
Duval into having her jewels moved,
Shaw said.
Every article OF jewelry was intact
save the pearl necklace, from which
the CLASH had been cut, evidently to
expedite the separating OF the pearls
fer individual disposal.
III it is a joke. then / am afraid
haven't a very keen sense OF humor
However. i am thankful to get the
jewels back. which I suppose will
happen when the police get through
with them. saw them today and
49, oh Nf ~, %
for the pearl necklace, and that can
be easily repaired.
SHE HELPED HOLD-UP.
They would have been badly
damaged. however, If it had not been
for my presence Of mind. The hold
up man, Diamond, wanted to rip the
pearls from my throat and the brace
lets from my wrists, but begged
him not to mutilate them and helped
him to find the clasps. In fact,
though my hands were tied behind my
back. / was able by manipulating my
fingers to unclasp the bracelets for
him.
Il met Lieutenant Shaw, socially
a year ago last January. Ny friends
through whom | met him will be as
astonished as at his behavior. He
was a handsome thing in his avia-
tion inform. He was acting as in
structor in aviation at Mineola- and
was heart broken when the war came
to an end and he hadn't had a chance
to go overseas. He took me about
quite a bit then. while ! was in town
II had been travelling in the middle
West and returned to the city August
I 1t was my intention to remain
n nj, hn f,,,,a ,e;t
friends in Maine. The trip to Maine
has been rudely interrupted by the
incident.
II had been in town only few
days when the lieutenant phoned me.
The telephone boy tells me he had
been phoning occasionally all during
my absence. At all events. he wanted
to take me to see a show.
'T know CASTOR Glass. one Of the
principals in 'Humoresque, and ex.
pressed a desire to sec that picture
There we went He was charming
We returned in taxi
and ] recall now that the Lieute tenapt
stopped at his own home in West
End avenue on the pretext that he
expected a letter from his aunt. or
somebody. waited below in the cab
I suppose he went to his apartment
to telephone to his confederate.
when we arrived at my apart
ment house, nothing would do but
he must see me to my door on the
third floor. I protested but he came
along. There was a man standing
at the door of the next apartment.
apparently trying to get in. ] paid
no more attention than merely to
notice he was there. I unlocked my
own door, opened it and pressed the
button. turning on the light in my
drawing room. ..
WAS TOY PISTOL.
"Then I turned to tell the lieuten.
ant good night To my amszemsnt
he pushed in behind me and the
stranger, whom have since Identified
as Diamond. the prisoner. crowded in
behind us, slamming the door. I have
since found the pistol tucked under
the covering Of one of my chairs. and
II is nothing more than a child's toy,
q water pistol. But IL looks wicked
enough.
"I kept my presence OF nina I