The New York herald., 1922-04-22
3SPLEAD 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
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
tfirty-eight prisoners, including two
accused of TIE robbery Of the home
of A. T. 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. g.:
robbery. attempted, l.; burglary, 8;
burglary. attempted, 4; unlawful en-
try. s.; larceny, 8; carrying pistols, 81;
assault. attempted, /; forgery, q;
abandonment, 1.
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
noli was caught some time later near
Plainfield. N. J. The robbery occurred
on the afternoon Of April q. Five men
entered the house through a coal hole,
locked Mr.. and Mrs. Shattucl and
eight servants in a wine vault and
escaped with almost 100000 in jewelry
and other valuables
Judge Mcintyre imposed l,eavy sen.
tences Oh bandits and gunner con
victed In his part of General Sessions.
He sentenced James hogan. 20 1871
Ferry street, to twenty years in Sing
Sing for the murder OF John j Gillian
November 10 last IN Greenwich, VII
iage ten room, Rogai shot ,iiilan In a
drunken brawl. In passing sente.' ce the
Judge said
This defendant was in one OF the
hel! holes of New York. Such places
should be closed. The people Of New
York have a silly notion that necause
they don't like prohibition they can
violate the law. If they go $50 miles
away from New York they will find the
ma jorty OF the people OF the country
arc in favor of it. II is a wholesome
law and will save the youth of this
country"
Judge Mcintyre also sentenced Thomas
to from ten to twenty years for killing
Charles dc Wolf last January 81. The
plea that pre- bal bly, saved C;ilmartin Al
more severe penalty was that he had
served eighteen months IN trance with
til, 16oth Infantry. Dominica C;aiau.
IS. of IA Chrystie street. received a
similar sentence He shot and killed an
Italian grocer at 199 Chrystie street De-
cember and was arrested In Chicago
on a description given by the grocer $
ten-year-old son.
Judge Ta!ley, sentencing Thomas r.
Gibbons, 25, 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 mako them understand man can
not escape the consequences of an as
sault on police officer
Gibbons was indicted for assaulting
Pa,rolman James j. Stanley of the Fifth
street station and breaking his jaw.
Judge Grain sentenced Max Neincr
%. TO an indeterininate term In Elnlra.
Weiner was convicted of attempting to
rob i millinery store at 1911 Broadway.
wearing mask and carrying pistol.
Probation officers reported that he WAS
an amateur, who had a previous good
reputation.
The fact that about two-thirds OF the
defendants arraigned in the courts
pleaded guilty was accepted BY District
Attorney Banton as an indication that
prisoners have discovered their chances
of receiving lighter sentence are en-
hanced by waving their right to trial.
In tho 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 10 Sing Sing
for terms OF from seven and half 10
fifteen years each. They are Ralph
Bright. So Second street: Patrick Byrne.
66 Fourth place, and Charles Forbes. Sc
CT lumbia street. all of Brooklyn. They
pleaded guilty to robbery In the second
degree.