The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-03
Professional Burglars.

The principal haunts of the professional
sscracksmeu's of New York, are In the
Sixth and Eighth wards, where, IN the
narrow and fOul-smelling streets that le'id
to the river, they find cOngenial homes, or
rather soiourning places, for your genu-
inc burglar rarely stays long in single
place. As soon as he has completed JOO
which seems likely to create trouble for
him, he migrateS TO some distant part OF
the city, or leaves it altogether, until he
considers it safe to return. Formerly the
most skillful of the craft We're English
men who had left their country for their
conntrv's good-and their own, too. Now
the American can discount the foreign ar
ticle. r.
some of the ''neatest" jobs in the safe
and hank line have been done by gradu-
ates of the metropolitan high schools OIL
BURGLARY. The English professors used 10
he Of the genuine Bill Sykes stamp, low
hrowed. heavy-iawed scoundrels, who
meyer enioved securing the ''Swag With
ont Knocking out the brains of the watch
man The American is altogether dlfier-
emf in styIe, but is nevertheless just as
dangerous when driven into corner, as
many = policeman and detective mas hau
GOOD reason to know. They depend more
upoR science than violence, yet when there
appears to be need of force they are not
found wanting. Some Of them are men oil
fair education and refined manners, capa-
ble of earning good living in square
vav. Rut criminals seem to be born as
well as poets, and no amount of educa-
tion appears TO be of effect in making them
honest.
Contrary to popular belief. the proieS'
sional burglar is rarely ever addicted 10
H0uor. As class, they are abstemious,
and some of them are thoroughly teetOtal.
They need clear heads and still tongues.
The aristOcratic bank breaker affects KID
GLOVES, broadeloth clothing, and the opera,
and has a thorough contempt for what he
calls "a mean thief as a Church OF Eng
land bishop has for dissenting minister;
His wife is always arrayed in purple and
/ fine linen. and gorgeous in diamonds, ana
his children attend fashionable boarding.
schools. The former Is almost always
privv to the affairs of her husband, and IS
Sometimes an exceedingly valuable as
sistant in arranging the preliminary work
/ of a difficult job. She can do the piping
rs well. if not better, than a man, as she
would hardly be suspected OF burglariOus
purposes. She finds out the habits OF
| the bank officers and the watch
man: what time the latter enters ana
when he leaves the bank; whether there
| is dog to be got rid of, and whether the
ADJACENT buildings, if any, are occupied by
/ persons who would be apt 70 notice any
unusual noise in the bank.
| Every point that is important IS thor-
| ou0hly known to the cracksman before
| the attempt is made. The children are,
| in nearly every case, ignorant OF the ante
/ cedents and real character of their parents
/ We refer solely to the higher class OF crlm-
I NOT
more than five or six years old, to another
city or into the country, where they are
frequently visited by their mother.
There is at present at a private and fash
ionable educational establishment Tor
Young ladies in this city, beautiful ana
talented Girl of 16 or IL years of age, the
daughter of a notorious New Ork Dank
robber. who seven years ago was tired IOr
mapslaughter, and only escaped by the
liberal use of the money he had been in
dustriouslv boarding for years. 1t must
have cost him at least SSO,OOO to Keep ms
neck out of the halter. of this and other
facts concerning her father, the glrl mas not
the slightest knowledge. 10 ner ne Is a
prosperous lawyer, moving In the pest so,
cial circles. and she looks eagerly forward
to the time when she snail return 10 @ lhd'
home for good, which she has never en-
tered half a dozen times since she can re-
member. Instead of that she Will proOa-
bly be taken to Europe by her mother,
where her accomplishments and money
NAV find her husband. If not, she VIII
return to find her father retired from
business and settled in Boston, Phlladei-
pbia or Baltimore-that is, if he Is lucky
enough to keep out of the hands oil the
police all that time.
The lower grade Of hOuse-breakers gen
eraIlv consort in the saloons along Green
wich street, and in the dives" in that net
of of thoroughfares on the west side, running
from the river towards Broadway. Ihey
are for the most part rufianly set. Bank
| breaking and safe opening are above then
capabilities. They break into. private
houses and carry away plate ana spoons
and every thing else OF portable cl'irac !,
{ ter which is of value. ready at all times tt
/ kill or MAIN any one interfering with them
-Rosto, Commercial Bulletin.