Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-03

Bold Robbers Stage
Daylight Haul
in New York Home
New York. April 2.-The most
amazing daylight robbery New
York has known in.many years oc-
Cured this afternoon in the home
OF Albert r. Shattuck. retired finan-.
cier, 10 Washington Square, North,
when four armed bandits overpower-
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Shattuck and their
seten servants, bound them all with
rope, locked them in wine cellar
and stole jewelry valued at $4,000.
The robbers ransacked the dwell
ing for an hour and a half but as
they were leaving, one was captured
and in an overcoat he had abandon
ed in his flight through Washington
Square jewels valued at $4,000
were found.
The alarm was given by the but
Ter, who, while the bandits were still
at work had freed himself from his
bonds and run to neighbours house
from where he telephoned to the
police.
Racing in a taxcab to the Shat
tuck home, the police arrived as the
four robbers were leaving.
They scattered as they fed, pur-
sued by hundreds in the. Square.
Three escaped.
The seven servants-two buffers
a doorman. three maids and a cook
were at dinner in the pantry on the
basement floor when one of the rob-
bers gained admittance to the house
; on pretense that he was in urgent
need of q telephone.
Mr.. Shattuck. who is past GO, was
seated in the library and Mrs. Shat
tuck in the living room adjoining,
Neither knew what was going on in
the basement When the robbers were
/ admitted.
The servants dropped their knives
and forks in fright as the four in
truders covered them with revolvers
and ordered them to throw up their
hands and make no noise
Three of the servants then were
marched to the wine cellar and the
other four to vault on The same
floor and all were locked in.
Then two of the robbers crept up
the stairs and surprised Mrs. Shat
tuck first Her screams brought her
husband TO her aid. He vas con-
fronted by a robber who pointed his
weapon at the elderly millionaire
with the warning, Not a sound"
One bandit pressed a revolver
against Mr.. Shattuck's chest and the
other stuck his weapon at his back.
"\ow march down stairs" was the
next command and with Mrs. Shat
tuck leading the way, they descend
ed to the basement where they
were ordered to stop before the Gel
lar door. There the robbers bound
the financer's hands, re-opened the
vault where it's other occupants were
huddled i'm fright. cast master ana
mistress among them and slammed
the door.
For more than an hour the bandits
searched the rooms on every floor or
the richly furnished dwelling.
I.cisurelv they gathered their loot
most of. which. it was said, had peeh
taken from a safe, which had peen
forced open.
Charles Zaug, head butler finalfY
managed to free his hands alter IN
hours Juggling, united MS fellow pFls-
onors and by manipulating. the lock.
he told police, opened the coor. Aahs'
followed by his assistant reached the
street. He ran to inc home of
n1lire' were sum-
moned by telephone.
In leaving the house che OF the ROD
bers forgot his ovcrcolt in which was
found another collection of jewels
worth $4,000
The last Of the quartet was COM
ing down the front steps when the
police arrived. This man was captur-
cd after a short chase. He gave the
name of Eugenio Daset, Il Spanish
tailor. He refused 10 tell who his
companions were.
Mr.. Shattuck's residence is IN
group OF what were III the last part
of last century millionairc's homes or
the North side of the square between
Fifth avenue and MacDOugal street.
one of the oldest fashionable colonies
in the city. The dwelling contained
many art treasures and valuable an
tiuues which We're roughly handled
by the bandits in thei~ hunt for port
able booty.
Mr.. Shattuck is one Of the oldest
living settlers in the square. He IS
vice president of The Washington
Square association and president of
the Fifty Fourth Realty association.
lie was formerly president Of the
British American Mortgage Co.
Mrs. Shattuck tonight was under
the care of physicians. suffering from
shock and nervousness.