New-York tribune., 1922-04-04
sl,attrlcl& Home
Robbery Laid
| To EN-Bl,tler
rrercl, Sailor. Caught After
1oWere I ockcd in Cellar,
Tells How 1ormlcr Servant
Planned 5 3 ,000BurgIary
Entered by Basement
Banker Saves Lives Of
Prisoner by Opening
Lock With Knife and Coin

- o. Ahert Z Shattucks home
"a Washington Square North, sun
- ., .ftsraoon was arranged ny Henri
Mia, - a fosmcr butler in the house
"a 20 AZ LETT suddenly oa Dacen-
ssrS 1871. Fifteen minutes after he
v, ~ cone $4,000 in money and iewc'ry
~ss -. foani t. bc mlssmg Tho po%ca
'.e loekihg tor aim a,d two other mon
who esca2ed
W. r.ssnio Diaset the French salor
-. vas captured while trying to get
rsy was arrairned We terday before
war;s.ra,e Swcctser u Essex Market
,~ @a@r, and held without ban for eM-
animation FrIday-
naset tod the police how he came
:. he parts to thc robbery. Nr
ssattuck related how hc had cuscreH Hed
-bn josk on the Inside # the s.lall
Tnnor VAULT irto which he a9l his
IN and eight servants aa} 6cen f0tc.a
W. The burglars. and how taey had all
Ssen saved from suff0ca. ION; how they
;,,errrpted the thieves whi,o they were
.tili at work iH Mrs Sh1ttucK'5 loU-
5or on the second floor and how the
thieves led, covering their re eat VIII
reyolvers.
Loot Worth $4,000
The latest estimate Of the jcwclry
,,ba. the escaping robbers got away
9Th Is S73.G01 Mr. Shattuch, how
ever. has not completed the list. When
complete inventory $ taken the loss
NAV amount to $4,000.
The jewelry. which was recovered on
,he person of Niaset and in the pockets
~ the two coats he discarded. has been
rouebly estimated at $4,000. There
were fifteen pieces.
Djaset. who is tweuty-seven years
od. told The police that he had been
in this country ion only fourteen
months. A part Or this tuc he spent
in ial in Hartford. Conn, where he
was arrested in February, 1921, fer
\ carving a revolver.
q was ont Of Jail only a few days, ~
he told the police II ccok train last
We6pesday and came TO New York. /
walked down town felt pretty bad.
Not much eats ought Fronch h
h yaper and sat down 1 Madison Square
Park. | was read n- A man came up.
"'Are you French" " he asked.
"Yes,' | said.
"Tm French. too he said, and sat
down beside NE.
Stranger Gave Him $40
81 told him I was up against it, II
asked me how much money | had and
showed him-ahout - or 80 cents
He hands me p ten-dollar bill. ! was
surprised. Here, take this. he says
get yourself a room and meet me here
Tomorrow
II took the morcv and met him the
next day. ! met him again after that
several times, and we got to be good
friends
Daset tben told how he and Boilat
and two other men went to the brown
stone house on Washington Square. l.
vas about o'clock in the morning
Henri and the others lifted up the
grating in the little grass plot close to
me ground floor Of the building and
they all climbed through and found
themselves IN the cellar.
We waited in the cellar until T.
o'clock" said Diaset "Then We all put
on masks and went upstairs into room
hat looked like dining room, and saw
about four meu and women there
Henri hollered for everybody to put up
>.
II they kept quiet
be told the police that although they
all carried Ievolvers none of them was
loaded Two of the weapons have been
found, and his statement seems TO be
true, at least in those two instances.
Then D5aset continued, we went
upstairs and found lie patron in the
| library. Then we went to madame 5
foom
when she saw us coming with re
yolvers and masks she cried out: Mon
9leu, do not KIN mel" Diaset speaks
broken English, and in eNciting mo-
aehts lapses into French
Begged for Earrings
He said that Henri told her not t
oe AFRAID, that She would not be hurt
Il she kept quiet Henri then told hen
TAKE Off her earrings. She pleaded
Sad Dlaset that they We're . gift from
ner neither.
= She heard me say something il
iench, said Uaset, "and turned to
me- asking me jn my own tongue not
iet MN take her earrings. | tolC
Aenr' not to bother her any more. He
/ es her keep one of the earrings"
mr. and Mr. Snattuck were ther
@ken downstairs and showed into the
sMal VINE vault along with the ser
wants. The burglars then went up
salfs again and ransacked the apart
Ieht. taking care TO take "uothinl
'neap as Diaset Put it,
s.N was no. and stifling in the vault
Mm1een 1eot by eight and six feet high
~. ~, Shattuck turned on an electri,
msnt above the door and began tt
sOfK on the look. lie used dime
sao penkn,fe. Sweet poured dowr
us checks iIs wife was near faint
Mg. Il he failed, every one might bt
sIAceSted He and his secretary
@OHe knew the combination o. the
,aail' The secretary was at home
"s was inside the vault
me knife and the dime and Mr.
TMs'tucks weary fingers did the work
me lock came loose. 1t las been tolC
aOw ("e second man ran for the pole,
ssu me out.er went next door to tele
lion t0''00 Ia
NJ. Shattuct went upstairs. lie di,
~. expect TO md the burglars. bu
TTefe they were in his wife's room
] ey ran. All but Diaset quickl.
ot and Ged in diFeren
\ -aeh was filed with the usual crowd