The New York herald., 1922-04-22
38 PLEAD GUILTY IN
DAY, INCLUDINGTWO
SHATTUCK BURGLARS
Record i'm BantOn Drive as
Criminals Try to Avoid
Heavy Terms.
ROGAN GETS 90 YEARS
MCINTYRE Gives Long Sen
Mcintyre Gives Long Sen
tence to Confessed Tea
room Slayer.
Ten YEARS FOR ANOTHER
War Record Helps Veteran
Washington Square Thieves
to Be Sentenced Friday.

The courts Of New York county es-
tablished 4 record yesterday shen
thirty eight prisoners. including two
accused of TIE robbery of the home
of A. Il. Shattuck in Washington
Square, pleaded guilty. SO far as
could be learned this is the largest
number OF pleas entered in a single
day. and resulted from District Attor-
ney Banton's efforts to clean up the
calendar so that criminals may be
brought to trial within three days
after arrest.
The crimes to which thirty eight adj
. mitted their guilt were: Robbery, 3:
robbery. attempted. l.; burglary, 8;
burglary. attempted, 4: unlawful en-
try. s. larceny, 6; carrying pistols, 3;
assault, attempted, /: forgery, q;
abandonment, L.
The men who pleaded guilty to the
Shattuck burglary are Eugene Diaset
and Noise Bagnoli, two of the five
men under Indictment. Diaset was cap
tured shortly after the crime, and Bag
mol! was caught some time later near
Plainfield. n. j. The robbery occurred
on the afternoon of April O.. Five men
entered the house through coal hole.
locked Mr.. and Mrs. Shattuck and
eight servants IN n wine vault and
escaped with almost 100000 in jewelry
and other valuables. ~
Judge Mcintyre imposed heav., sen.
tenccs OH bandits and gunner con-
victcd in his part of General Sessions
He sentenced James I,ogan. 20, 1871
Ferry street to twenty Years in Sing
Sing for the murder OF John j. Gillian
November 10 last IN n Greenwich VIZ
lage ten room. Rogaa shot Gillian in a
drunken brawl. In passing sente-ce the
Judge said:
This defendant was III ono or the
hell holes of New York. Such places
should be closed. The people ,f New
York have a silly notion that because
they don't like prohibition they can
violate tho law. If they go $50 miles
away from New York they will find the
ma jority OF the people OF the country
arn in favor Of it. II is a wholesome
law and will save the youth of this
country"
Judge Mcintyre also sentenced Thomas
Gilmartln, 81. OF 1885 Second avenue
TO from ten to twenty years for killing
Charles dc Wolf last January 81. The
plea that pre- badly saved Gimartin II
more severe penalty was that he had
served eighteen months in hrance with
tn, 165th Infantry. Dominica Gaiati.
IS. of Ia Chrystie street. received
similar sentence He shot and killed an
Italian grocer at 49, Chrystie street De-
cember , and was arrested In Chicago
on n description given by the grocers
ten-y year-od son.
Judge Talley. sentencing Thomas f.
Gibbons. %. to the penitentiary. said:
Every policeman has the right OF pro-
lection that Is given every other citizen.
These courts must stand by the police
and make them understand man can
not escape the consequences of an as
sault on a police officer
Gibbons was indicted for assaulting
Patrolman James J. STANLEY of the Fifth
street station and breaking his jaw.
Judge Grain sentenced Max Weincr.
23. TO an lndctcrininatc term In Elinira.
Weiner was convicted Of attempting to
rob a millinery store At 12l1 Broadway.
wearing a mask and carving pistol.
Probation officers reported that he Was
an amateur. who had a previous good
reputation.
Tho fact that about two-thirds OF the
defendants arraigned in tho courts
pleaded guilty was accepted BY District
Attorney Banton as an indication that
prisoners have discovered their chances
of receiving a lighter sentence are en-
hanced by waving their right TO trial.
In the Kings County Court three
youths arrested early Tuesday morning
on charge OF holding up the night clerk
IN the Commercial Hotel, 25i Fulton
street. Brooklyn. were sent TO Sing Sing
for terms OF from seven and a half 10
fifteen years each. They are Ralph
Bright. So Second street: Patrick Byrne.
SIS Fourth place. and Charles Forbes. Sc
Columbia street. all OF Brooklyn. They
pleaded guilty 10 robbery in the second
d. gree