New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-27

s.T,.e GO before tie crowd, and hear them muEInUr
ouch srrroying words as, " He vas rum c)ye, ana
% Id he qaue nm We have had bat one resent
.,,c Of nlu,k q ths kind IN burglar, and ne could
80. he called a professional one. This was yonng
Murphy, who, being caught at night in sore 10
p ar street assembled to the top OF the building ana
deliberately leayed TO roof some 30 feet below, ana
from ;here rolled 70 the pavement about ~ feet more
He was taken mp by the policemen who were IN pursuit
~ him With compound fracture of one 'high the same
ey broken below the bBee the other eg broken ABOVE
the knee, and his head and body complete mass OF
wonpds ard contusions Bravey he bore his iDJnrle5
ard vile the Hospital surgeons were doing what
thew could TO relieve him. but expecting every moment
10 see him breathe his as he cooy turned to one OF
them and 81 ked him if he thought he'd 90 lame when
be got we'll Murphy died of bis wounds, but not till
seytra DAYS had elapsed. He was heavy loss to the
burelarious profession for though detected in, snd
losing his life by, his first attempt, yet that one bold
achievement endeared him TO bis fellows.
Excellent facilities for robbery often extended to
burglars by servant ge. Some Of these are confed-
crates through iDclinat9n while Others are made SO
bv fssr. Tie former are generally mistressss
Of burglars, and go out to service simply to render val
liable assistance to their paramount. Nothing is easier
jasent5e area windows; and lie who has so often been
spoken ofas my cousin snotslO TO take advantage
OF her absent nindedness. While whiting his " Cousin
May he has been put mp to the plate co,eI, 20
that when he makes his bnrgarous nocturnal Vis''
there is no Danger of his alarming the sleepers ny
.,raviro into the wrong rooms Should the presence
of the burglar be Uncovered by the family even tno
t,pun # Gabriel could not De beard above the snoring
Il a,,Hi IL nj req
united efots Of All the household to make her aware
of the fact thai the bouse lad been robbed Then she
becomes yeIy much alarmed, and insists that she
will rot live in a house visited by burglars;
ana the family may be thankful if it does not require
second appearance Of The thief TO brighten her away
Those who are nmidated into rendering assistance to
burglars are mostly relatives. The very worst OF men
have biudled who would be respectable ifaowed their
own way. But the sister Of burglar, for instance,
knowing his evil ways, in endeavoring TO shield him
from harm, might easily so commit herief as to be
forever after lie power This power he uses unscru-
pulously and cCmp5ls her to assist lin whenever he
needs her seryicee. A case in point was recently
made known 70 the police.
young gil, who had lorg been faithful servant in
| tie family Of AN uptown merchant, came to him on'
DAY 10 great dtTess and ted him that herown brother
had Threatened 10 show her u? az thief uness she
consen,ed TO astist in robbirg him her employer. On
leaning that the girl brother dsred her to 60 lesve
the place ct night that ne could enter snd rob It, the
gentleman proposed that che should appear 10 aecede
to the pan while atrap laid to catch the burglars.
Fnst obtaining a promise that her brother should be
le. of as easily as possible when caught, the girl con
septed 20 act as defred BY following The instructions
given her, sle had the burglary 80 arranged that two
robbers were caught in the house, while her brother
who was stationed az an outside sentinel, was allowed
10 eecape We happy to record the fact, however,
| that this sane worthy brother was recently appre-
hended for another burglary, and is under en-
ssgemert 10 DO the State five years service at Sing
| Sing AZ a general rule the " bad streak" which
makes burglars Of the boys rms through the whole
family making prostitutes Of the grla, so that it re-
ques very little percussion to induce the one to assist
| tie other.
Burglars are not exclusive in their society, and con-
sequeny have no hauDts peculiar to Themselves They
associate with riekpockets sneak thevea receivers,
and roeues ofall kinds There numerous drinking
places in this city where horest seldom ven
tures bnt where THE mixed nbage lie especially at
home All who patronize these bars, from the land
lord ard bis wife the small boy who sweeps out Of
morning, are rogres Of one class or another. The
hnRuhRc U-tu W tho uuli'
lated a few Of the most Unobjectonable words are
used in this article and will give faint idea Of what
a conversation composed entirely of such jsrgon,
uuft so Id like
The older ard more experienced burglars all have
tleir pale and their Molls or mstressee. Some
| times p man and woman will work together without
other assistance but there almost ways two
more men. TIE women exceedingly useful in dis
posipg of stolen goods &c the receivers their dress
sbliDg them 70 convey packages through the street
1 more readily.
Travelling burglars of Ge old style nearly done
away with. IL fact burglary, asaprofession sscarce-
ly known now there being but very few persons who
practice that exclusively. As before mentioned house,
breaking s mainly done by lads or young men, born
here Of foreign parents. These fellows are corner
loaters and rum.hole rowdies who commit burglary
when there is no more profitable rascalty on hand
Ignorant, degraded, and INSCRIPTIONS, they would
pick mans pocket cut his thyOat for tring SUN
Of money. The "goOd CID days went ont with the
waiebmsn, aud the romance of burglary is thing Of
| the past Neither Bulwer nor AiDsworth could find
heroic incident enough in the whole range of modern
| housekeeping TO "point moral or siOrn a tale
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