Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-02-13

A TH1EF's SroRY.-A New York thief re-
Gently made the following confession: "1ho
way we worked was this, and the plan is
mine. It is good one, and naturally feel
some pride in its invention. We took adj
joining rooms in a hotel-say the Fifth Ave
nue. or some other frst-class house. We new
or did it at the Fifth Avenue, but we would
have done so in course of time. Having Sc
cured our rooms and seeing that they were
nicely located, we installed ourselves. | made
myself up to look like a well-to.do country
merchant and went down. looked into one
or two jewelry stores until found the one to
suit me. When l found it l went in and
looked over the stock Satisfying myself
that could suit myself there, went away
promising TO call again. l would. call again
the next day and would purchase probably
$4,000 or $1,000 worth of goods. These |
would order sent to my hotel, with the bill.
Then l went to the hotel, and telling the
clerk at the office il any one came for me to
send him TO my room, | would go there my
self. Locked in my room l set to work to
prepare for the arrival of the goods took
the back out of the bureau and put the bu-
rcau against the door leading into the adjoin-
ing room. My partner cut out panel from
the door, and by that means had access TO
the bureau drawers. Then l fixed my table,
piled it high with letters and writing materi-
al, and when the man arrived with the goods
| was very busy. When he entered / asked
him to sit down. After n bit, as soon as
had finished my letter, turned 10 him and
asked him if he had the invoice with him.
OF course he had. / would take it, examine
il and ask if the goods corresponded with it.
Then we would call of the items, he taking
the bill and | the goods. As he called of the
goods, put them into drawer in the bu-
a,1 ol,g.I "a Nv VI Ind II in.
stantly. When We We're finished | closed all
the drawers and invited him to the table,
where proceeded to write him check. He
would refuse, saying it was after banking
hours, to which ! Of course replied 10y pull
| ing out my watch and coinciding with him.
| Then / asked him to wait a moment while l
went down stairs and got the money for him.
| He could not refuse that l was too roasona-
| bio. There was the bureau and there were
the drawers; to be sure, his goods were there
| almost in his presence. | went down stairs
and walked off my friend had long ago done
likewise, and we left the poor fellow in the
room waiting our return. My partner and
had joined company long before the sales
| man suspected he was sold, and we were es-
| timating or dividing the value Of our pur-
chase"
Have you played this game in New York;
Frequently. Those who have been vic
| timized have so far remained quiet, or if
they have reported to the police the thing
has not got into the papers The police in
turn use the information of these cases to rob
the thieves They come up to a man in the
street and say 4 want you have you got
| SlOY If the man hasn't ten they will take
five, and so on. know eight who do this
continually The detective business uptown
is close corporation, and they lose no OPP
| portunity of doing business on their own ac-
count Many of them are q disgrace to the
constabulary, and should be thrown out of it
| into the Streets