New-York tribune., 1874-08-25

upoo roce capt.,ns tho strtctes secrecy relative to
any household robberes where no acs naer n
yestisstiou AZ such publication would interfere Win
the Investigation. besides advertising for ,n' tne
tso" Of vacant houses 1t is therefore impos-
sbe to obtain even an imperfect list OF tne this
summer. In most cases. when questioned the ronos nd
Captains there have been no roboeres Sora 80 have
been any until the owners come pacK 10 LOW he
theess that there have been scn remarkabe
The methods Of the summer burglars are various:
They frequently effect an to vacant houses by
boldly prying the parlor window shutters, & amu
Th ne and sash after them
on such streets Madison and Fhayes they nd tnis
are few ssers and most the houses in the neighoor
hood also vacant 1t is mainly necessary 10 tne SUI
cess OF like this that they should note the noSs
at which the and the private wa'chman pass
that way. When in they rearrange the , DJohsn
so aps nicely gnaSs sSs To
in the outward appearance OF nose ens Defopc him
where TO choose and fair amount OF Leisure Leisure
to do it in. The rear windows are mse aetscion is
more probable and the additional difficulty presents presents
itself Of first reaching the back Of the door
KEYS and boldly entering the front door win ihe calm IN
Of Si tine e Wesa last
Summer, when the burglar had hack drive up 70 ,ne
and carry ns 2he driver as he
to drive to the Grand Central Depot snen OF
the neighbors as saw nun sam,,v t1"s soDo 70
San ion u the u" rest at Saratoga In the crowded
peighborboods OF NewYork City, where people seldom
Know their next door neighbors, such bold method is
usually the successful and is by no means so reck
less as 1t seems There are other metnoas py "1 M h uo
gar and is on record where the r0bDer cut MS
way through from one Louise, wnere ne was ape ~ & 81
cure lodging as an honest man. to another, when had
been for the Summer closing the aperture III
the wall ater nm ana aost osS M ed s own room
with valuable laces and bronzes disposlng OF tne prop
erty his leisure, until the Summer season was near
its end and those absent were about returning from
Europe. Then he bricked the aperture ana departed
In many houses where these roDDercs occur servan.s
are IN charge of the place. and wakeful and h0nest
but they sleep in the upper rooms OF the houses anu
Quently know OF the depredati0n or the neves
until the family return and fnd out their loss Ola ae
tectves vino have had wide experience III the ways vi
the Summer burglar that leaving house III cnarge
of servants is generally than leaving 1t entirely
Especially is this the case when the servants ~
most instances would hide heads in terror at the
of unusual noises IN the house. Instead OF scarch-
accept the acquaintance OF strange young men, remain
! ing in the areaway late at - night IN conver, l,,
| confi1enc in them to admit them inside the
house, thus giving professional burglars which
these young prove TO be In most instances the best
opportunity for their business The family of Mrs.
stephen Whitney in Twenty-ffthst., opposite Madison
ave. left her house Summer TWO ago, In charge OF
three female servants ctZen passing the front door
late one evening discovered signs OF burglary ana IN
| two noted burglars, named Finnegan and Mundy, who
The noise and news OF the robbery attracted
people outside the house, but failed TO arouse the
servants who found asleep in bed by the officers
after they had captured the burglars aud were con-
tinuing their explorations.
| The scuttle entrance was o favorie method among
burg for long time but it has fallen into dsfavor
since smith and Donney, two sharp professionals were
captured at the business in April last aud sent to Slug
Sing for each account OF It, The scutt
method Ioows: The burglar dresses as workman,
usually plumber a carpenter and ascending TO tle
roof OF Of houses through the scuttle of some
friendly house opens with his jimmy the seu!te which
he wishes to enter. Ii there are servants in the
building and they discover him, he claims
repair the roof some OF the water pipes,
and calmly proceeds imaginary measurement gem
orally carrying carpenters rule and few small i'm
plements OF the trade in his pocket Suspicion lued
Dy his and the servants usually conclude
that mis- business is legitimate. Smith captured
while attempt at burglary by servant more
shrewd the general while he pretending to
be a carpentcring job in the mansion OF Mr.. wilson,
Ffth-ave between SixtysecOnd and Sixtythirdsts,
last April Simpson. another scutte burglar, was
tured similar manner, and killed himself by jumping
| from a train ON his way to Sing Sing.