The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-06-21

ID IhaBarities Of Some Glasses of Law
Fl 3heakers-Remarkable improvements in
n The Art Of Safe-Blowing-Explo of
Of u sme Of the Most Noted Burglars
/ IA Bak-Sneaks and Pick-Pockets--AC Cat
= III Hf.Dealer's Triumph.
Il 81 From the st. Louis Republican,
rkH heliyes, the work and the habits of
to las who gain livelihood by law
{; liking have always an interest for the
ID lF6fe on whom they prey, which is in
On lafcable, and there are few who have
aH harbored strong desire to see a
esz live burglar, thief or highwayman.
NJ u recent influx of notorious crooks,
fh has given the police department
of tatle more active work than usual, has
be- agght this subject quite prominently
,rt ae public notice, and Republican re-
lid 4rter picked up among the detectives
ur Iis# items of information which may
ce 3tbe uninteresting.
r. 0atlawry has its classes or grades as
8 hauetlE marked as are the grades of
or lawful calling or occupation, and
It II operators in either grade, as rule,
"a 4aafne themselves to it.
of ihe work which requires the best
~ IHs the best knowledge of mechanics,
Of I'M the longest experience, is that of
le, IM was formerly known as "safe-
he3esng." The expert safe-blowers of
'el| ~ country are very few in number, and
" glaaes Il iscomparatively seldom that any
,e1 snsEe operation of that kind is re-
ne|3aaed; A wonderful progress has
M a'ked this trade. Fifteen years ago
only elective method which this
u U g class of burglars had dis
J .sn. 'sIed for opening a safe
] slaat OF pouring powder into the key
J. Inv or o. some drilled opening which en-
y 1asa 1nem to reach the cavities of the
III * The powder being exploded, the
aa a would be either such an exposure
as ooits as enabled them to shoot
aoaeK, or an exposure of the interi-
e ,a the safe itself. But this method
! ~ very detective, in that the noise of
y ]: " SAplosion se9 was such as to give notice
y WI ~ y entre neighborhood that some
I. y lsss unusual had happened, and thus
N \ ss,'ate ssste prompt decampment.
ms ~ !, never a it was practicable, the opera
II !. su1ed the safe in bolts of cloth, and
= - ~ y = great degree deadened the
4 |ss NM n o9t no process could wholly OBJ
= = \. s n aae danger of discovery.
q = Il .aslng ny the past few years, however,
3 81 h, @aslee W. OF burglary-and the calling
: AMY enlisted some of the
u 3 BEST INVENTIVE MINDS
= sal I'M ss ssorld-has Y developed process
~ W. lssa aas none OF the drawbacks of the
3 8. IN ~ operation, and which has
a.-ar manufacturers to deal of brain
MI N ,ss sllg. a When large safe is to be
u through aa9 now, there are a. at ie leas, ed
81 aSs :a saa sometimes four or five, mer
II Y Asss.s = lao. They are men whose mus
: : |saa s sSe; courage recommend them more
1t II IL assf W address, and their little gane
Il 4 |ssra9 4'S' thorough organization. Fodi
1 oss Ways previous to the iol
as >at s;s;.. - Who has the manage
N i WI ,,s1's the locality, takes his bear
! n asi,lss aa seldom neglects to sight an,
ID as.. ss any little detail in the ' sur SUI,
N N ssns 1ss which may cut any figure il
ii apsehA !, Sometimes it is deemed bes
sue safe by cutting throuorh +h