River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-09-26

men come ont of their cells in regular
order and march to the wash-house, and
after aniutions march TO their re gul ia
bic. Esch company has a regular table.
At Doou and at night tie men are formed
i'll the yard into companies of thirtE five
men each, single file, right hand on
mans shoulder in front. The men are
graded according TO size, tallest in front
At given signal by the guard they
march 70 the appropriate tables. Yes
sir; there are men who have served life
time in the Ohio Prison. One convict, a
German has been there for thirty-two
years. He Is now 80 wears old. There
are two more serving life sentences. One
has served twenty-five and the other
TWENTY-FIVE wears. One life-timer who
killed fellow convict, is serving out
"a sentence of ten years solitary confine
ment. You want 10 know something Of
our manner OF working.
Wei IN the first place you sh )uld know
that tly burglar never associates with
common thieves, such as ''sneaks, >
"knucks," ''gurs,' and "gonniffs." No
sir; we have too much professional prize
tor that. New of my profession are
quite suspicious Of one another, and gen
orally work alone. &You see the "cops,"
generally have one or two crooks in their
employ, and you are obliged to look out
sharp Tor a give away. Well, now if
want to crack a crib like a good General
| survey the premises and find out its
weakest points generally porch with
windows over it, or back window in the
LIVER story. My only disguise is my
handkerchief placed thus, and the wipe
was folded bias and tied around his face
beneath the eyes, making an after recog-
milton impossible Oil we don't go
Stamping into a room, but go extremely
slow and careful, somewhat in this style.
Taru be glided nois elessly over the floor
Of his cell with as light step as a cat
When I am discovered, | back out of "a
room aqd get away as soon as possible,
No ly burglar will show fight. But you
will hear of more standing up hereafter;
it takes two or three nervy men to play
that game. My friend, in the future You
will hear.a brick wall being gone through,
and as Tor combination safes, that safe Is
not made bv one man that another equal
ly as skilled can not gain entrance to It.
/ went on a Pennsy ivania raid once.
We tJak in a large store, and 1t took IL
Just one hours time by the watch to 60
through a large combination safe. There
were three Of u, and on whacking up we
had $4,000 apiece. The stoTekeeper. it
seems. done little banking business in
the neighborhoOd. Nov, tals job was
set up w tue storekeeper's nephew. We
came into town next evening and heard
the excited people talking about the
great robbery, and sat on the tavern
porch and read "A sensational account Of
our exploits. We had planted the ''swag'
and our tools Our dress had the appear
auce # ordinary travellers, and no notice
was taken of us, bnt when we heard that
cops were coming DOM from Phi.adel
phia, we skipped. In robbing a store OF
goods we generally have d wagon clo-e
at hand TO cart off the swag; il not, we
take il some distance and plaintiff, and
sneak il to our hotel or boarding house as
We can: sometimes hoist it up after night
to a back window, pack it into trunks
ana ship it away. Many so-called tramps
marching up and down the country are
profes ,0nas,
Well, l guess I've told you about all |
can. Now. please don't give me away;
'pon nv soul have not done a single job
since | came from above. To think |
would be taken in by a fiat in little
country town! Well, good bye. l hope
you will do all you can for me.