New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-04-13
" alter Seized.
Admits Part in
Sflattuck Theft
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cry disappeared, was said to h,.
ara"h me plan of the house an ~
'aniec'oth before him as he sst IN ~ ~
."AJ&uFant, striving to prove to thoss
a. tHe table with him the case with
~n'cH 'Ae enterprise could be carried
-, Informed that Dc Wizards v,s +ho
place. Detectives Rizgo and Cilh Inc
we're sent there in the guise of waiters
looking for jobs. Lven with iobs nv
ING nothing but tips. there were ~,
Etc@teits - Dc Wizards, but Gilbert
C'uiH Si"G 49, prevailed unon thc
"'1A.f'er TO hite nm and his friend nv
'En~i2ting upon the added allurcmont
O. 4 5lngiac water. ~
"u9ert and Rizzo were hired. and
Tor me bette. part Of a week In stenad
an" ne St"aming Kitchen Gilbert, in
ms leisure moments. strollinr among
the tables ana ringing. After hours
ana on dali evenings they eossined
WIN tnolr fellow employees and at
last heard the name Of Baenoli men
toned ''0'' ii'e"-
:. They said they knew him and proved
II oy saying that his FIRST name really
Wa Noses and not Maurice. They
learned that the'c was something un
ee1PIslhcd IN the career of Bagnoli.
H1'aoE as q church, with an honorable
war record in his country's service
tno TWO children waiting in Corsica
cor nm to earn their passage money.
he had suddenly disappeared.
Many Reasons for Departrr.
there were reports that he had come
INTO a fortune, that he had eloped with
an helrcss, taat he had become n boot
ieggcr and was millionaire. One day
4T1pNH
trend told thc Two new walters who
we're so interested in poor Bagnol. He
was IN roadhousc near Plainfeld, it
seemed, and was in some trouble about
which he had been most vague.
1t was yesterday that Gilbert and
Rlz2o got that information. Within
hfteen minutes after its receipt Gegan
and his men were racing toward the
Watching Mountains in a swift motor
car 1t was after dark when they ar
rived The proprietor was alone in his
Office. They questioned him discreetly.
poor young man. croken in heath.
was staying there; in fact, was the only
guest at the time, they learned. He had
no money and had been taken in out of
charity He had a room in the attic.
Probably he was there now.
lie was, but he had not been a mo-
ment before. He had been just behind
the office door and had overheard enough
OF the discreet questioning to cause
hlm of a November woodchuck. He
CELEBRITY of Novem Der woodchuck. He
was hauled out kicking and screaming,
and 1t was several minutes before he
could be quoted.
1T was all true, he said, but he had
had misgivincs from the start and, as
he stood before them, had got moth
ing at all out of the robbery. He had,
in fact, been robbed by those who got
him into the trouble They had ar
gued with him for days, he said, es-
pecially Henri Boilat. before he wou!,>
consent to join them, He consented
only because it meant passage to Amer
lea for his children.
Boilat, he said, had given him the
pistol he was to use. 1t was toy pis-
toll, Bagnoli said, and still had the
in his hand he had stood guard over
the wine vault while his companions
plundered the house. Whether they
had real pistols or not he did not
know.
He did know that there was not so
much as a stickpin of the loot in his
pockets when Boilat gave the word to
go. He got nothing from the robbery.
Even the toy pistol he had thrown
away Boilat got most of the jewelry
he believed.
AS the robbery had taken place Sun
Gay his Job at the restaurant was still
open and he went back to it thank
July. though fearfully. A week ago
ms tears became so strong that he
drew on the slender savings that were
to bring his children overseas and
fed. Piainfield was as far as he could
afford to 20.