Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-09-23


PRDDLINd AND lloUsE-BRBAEINd--It Is sell
dom worth ones while to deal wilha a peddler for
goods that may be procured at a store. Really
good bargains are seldom obtained from these tin
Grant merchants, aud thelo is moreover peculiar
danger in their visits the nature OF which is indca
ted in the following extract from tho Newburgh
Telegraph OF the l5thinst
la some sectious Of the country, and with GER
tain kinds OF wares, peddliDg is doubtless eRiti-
mate business and 10 a certain extent II necessity
But with rare exceptions, in our own section, en-
cOurngement to pedulers il both an Injustice TO the
regular traders and miserable economy TO the Gus
toner, besides ufOrding the means for great
amount OF rascaliy The remarks we made some
time ago, IN regard 10 the injury people intilct
upon their own interests in aiOrdng their trade TO
travelling shops apply with greater force to the
| sirOiug peucrs, and we propose TO state some
facts which d mand earnest attention We do so
at the suggestion Ol Mr. Police officer Clark VINO
has given "A good deal of timo TO an myestigntinn
OF the numerous burglarics which aTe almost week
ly occurring in every direction Besides those
which are constantly occurring In our own town
we hear Of quite u plumber recently in ShaWau.
gunk, Montgomery, Walden, Canterbury and other
places. llouse.breaking indeed, has been redu-
ced TO areguar business aud trade, and ia most
cases IL committed with entire impunity. II il
answers no other good purpose relation nf the
main features of the system will not DO without In.
terest.
The managing man of the whole system is the
| New York fence man, or tho receiver Of stolen
goods. store In Newburgh, for instance, is rOb-
bed OF large quantity Of silks and similar goods
The thief slips of to New York, and sells them 10
the Fence for about one-ifth their actual value.
This is his only safo method OF realizing the cash,
and he is obliged to take what ho can get When
he is rioting over his l-gotten gains, tho "foneo
man" must devise somo plan to renao on his
share. lie cannot safely soil in the city, and 40.
eordingly he organizes gang Of pedders, who
scatter themselves all over the country These
mon have two objects In View-Grst 10 sell tho
stock on hand and secondly to open tho way for A
new supply, They resort to a variety Of eIpodi-
! ents for their twO,iUld purpose. Some Rro req.
ular and open poddlors Of silks and other dry
goods. Others have high -prieed shells and fancy
articles, which they do not expect to sell, but once
fairly inside Of house, sly packages Of silk arc
| produced, "s0d so very cheap because thew ara
smuggod." Few people miss the chance Of 4 har-
gam out OF any regard to the Integrity of Uncle
SANS revenues ia these ways The stolen pro.
perry is disposed of-tho silver Of course, being
/ melted down at headquarters. II will be readily
seen that under such a system il Ia nsxt 20 limos.
sible that stolen goods should DO Identified, a1 the
detective officers can got no trace Of them, a.
would bo tho case II tho goods offered for salo
| 10 the city,
But the practice Of buying OF peddlers not only
/ thus provides a tIado for stolen goods. hut tbe
means are provided for robhing the customer him
self This casa Of peddlers (and we venture 10 say
they constitute fully ninoenths Of all engaged n
| the busness) make sharp use Of their eyes while
inside the house TO which they obtain access Its
arrangement y rapidly noted-the probabilities of
| IT'S being worth while for an MISUNDERSTANDING
| OF doors and windows-all such Information as
VIII be valuable to a burglar Provided with such
diagrams OF town and ncighbOyhoOd, the house
thlei goes deliberately and pndeIstandingly 20
work lie rarely makes q mistake, and, barring
accidents, may follow his business with all tho case
and certainty Of alCgitimate calling.
Mr clark assures us, from his own knowledge
nat THIS ls no theory but simple statement Of the
m0duS qptraHdt OF the business Of house b eaking
aud such being the fact Il is important that people
should be on their guard against this class OF stroll
/ ing yagabOnds IL will be found a safe and eco
nomica rule for every house TO establish for itself
"No peddlera admitted here" aud If the business
could once be fairly crushed out Il would be a
most important step towards breaking up the gangs
Of burglars, both by stopping of their only aale
market aud Of cutting of their means Of inlorna-
ton.