New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-24
BURGLAR ALARMS.
HOW ELECTRICITY PROTECTS PROPERTY.
THE NUMBER or BURGLARS GREATLY DECREASED
AN LlBORATE SYSTEM.

HOW ELECIRIClI1 IhOIEClo ThOi bhAA'
THE NUMBER or BURGLARS GREATLY DECREASED
AN ELABORATE SYSTEM
Touching the safeguards against burglary In
use In the city AMI their effect in diminishing crime IN
spector Byrncs Chefo Detective Bureau few days
ago SAID to TRIBUNE reporters 1.-THE burglar alarm 10
one OF the greatest helps Of the police There Is hothhg
that would please than to have every building III
the city properly WIRED for then the police could devote
their entire attention to cases OF personal violence anu
larceny We have had numbers OF burgaries in recent
years but they have az o rule been committed on
buildings that have been left unprotected hheh
a burglar intends to break into house he
examines his ground and takes rs many precautions
10 escape detection do to bring him toJustce Ihey
will risks than they think are absolutely
necessary They make profession Of crlmea profes-
ion that Is perfect in almost all Of its details The alarm
and watch systems OF the various companies that have
been organized within the last two years excellent
can call mind only where places when nave
been wired have been robbed successfully woodbury.
Savings Bank in Connecticut last spring was connected
with the house of it, cashier by wire, yet burglars eff
feced entrance, and robbed the bank OF S2ooOO In
bonds before the cashier could get the bauk the second
case was the DAzan robbery few weeks ago, In Union
SQUARE There the and windows OF the store were
wired, and also the ceiling, but the thieves
succeeded In cutting boe in the ceiling within foot
OF the wire, and escaped the alarm.
lars work. let me tell you that when we
i.itcd tho rooms IN Forsythst which had been occu
pied by Patsy Carroll, johnny Talbot and Kelley,
the burglars IN the DaEan iOpnd book belong
ing to the Champion Burglar Alarm Company one
belonging to the Holmes Company, and thint to the
Lille Safe Company The alarm books contained the al
dr.ses ~ tine buildings protected by alarms and the one
Of the safe company described the safe and It's lock IN
every detail. The men had made study Of the subject
Burglar. examine a place thoroughly while pretending
some Grand and II they find 1t protected they ordinarily
leave Il alone Frequently In burglars lodgings we ma
rortipus ~ safes aud combination locks with when they
have been experimenting, and when Porter ana
irving were arrested in Brooklyn four years ago
We found a entire safe in his rooms, which he had
been practising upon. Whenever new pattern safe
4. introduced crack burglars buy 1t and become as
intimate with It the makers themselves. Howard
tho burglar who was killed IN Weschester County some
time ago by some unknown person. was mechanic OF
rare abilities aud " the most successful burglars
4, the country on a recent raid found tools which
thought were intended To be used for tamperng WIN
electric wires bat whether the burglars intended tAem
Tor tha, purpose or not have not yet discovered"
burrIar alarms I'm the simple state Of electric bat
tertes connecting doors and windows WIN
ones led pu,t arr without number and D! many cases
without dee, because there exist s''prIs III ths
world vino would Numher scIcnely In the midst OF the
trembling house. aud swing earth u Western tornado
vtrdows which when put Ia operation make noise
enough 70 alarm the most courageous burglars and they
AZ. of great homes IN which the family IA asleep
But for unoccupcd aoucs De they either shops or dwe
ugs the surst method % guarding against robbery i by
communication between the building and person whose
fy f. Is 10 rcmnlu alert and the watch Only few
Of The many instruments invented have been introduced
10 the public Tor thi. purpose The patent laws OF tue
country restrain any Infringement upon tho
better known c0utrvances. such as the
Iako Instrument and the galyanometer, and In
consequence II requires the outlay OF considerable money
cf.cfiiaIy protect building In addition 4" tue WIT
ing 81 various parts OF rom safe. are also h
AMI locks 80 mamctzci that ibey canpot be used
without warning.
poer called 4. g.. Lyon superintendent ~ ~" Holmes
Electric Protection Company, who eNrlahch me o9eIa
tant buildings IN York city" said MI. lyon That
arr protected IA ene'tisiiy sgsn-t tniS'es as
The wny I'm which the buildings wired IL complete
Every door and window il connected by wire WIN our
general circuit aud not ~ them can he Jared without
f@ tnklng OF the bell In central office The protec
tion OF the windows il furnished 10y u frameWork
tbraugh which the wires rin being tened inside Of the
window proper Hardly scratching of window pane
can pGs -. ue eoScTcG Win network Of wire. placed be-
meath LAYER OF tin-fo. Then the walls are palhted OF
innocent and most commonplace appearance The cell
ngs are the manner aud the room becomes
The building arr connected with single cue, and that
leads to the general circuit or g"und wire; Iht %
cus which are used In the buildings are either me take
machine OF the caIvanoneter an instrument which com
plcics the current by means OF poised ue,HIe' hoo
! ain abolition 10 the hutrlar-ala'm we nave
patrol force Of 100 men which Is , divided
INTO men wat 1m ,bc,r beats from m to g. M with
relief of two hours. An auxiliary force kus"e Ss
district offices at D. m aud remain ON duty t"u hours
They quad goods which cft on he SideWalsS ao
want ~ storage room. and arc on Lana VA oa1 vi n
where open building requires protection lue 'uofe
complicated and yet the most enc i've Z? a amt
lar To- the placed IN the building Ihey
all look alike but they send different sltaI5 10 we ]
office Large buildings have soihtlntna ',oT't, ,is "
~ these signal boxes Tue tells are Hng al -
few minutes apart, and numbers are reeou'u Wy Us amen
tapes. For instance. II u known NJ Tue to'G", '' rn
| that signal No. 24l II 10 be RUG AT y ,n22
and every quarter hour after cad tna1 and "' at
intervals ~ uirty minutes In consequence ire plNae
Waterman In the building Is compelled TO remaih h"ahe
and sound the signals al tue piVpI u'; Sceriain he
do 80 we send an officer tO the building 10 i>'sI1I
bs utics Ls arc informed by note the follow
ing morning At that pDiut ~ the circuit Nete ln'
enter ground there is clock rom when we can
ways receive a signal by touching button IN our Once.
A. this clock Ia beyond all the walchh0h uucS l"y
ON OF order for is proof Of the condition of the circuit
II the signal at it, extreme end answers an, an ~
watched with less care, but that Is the taul
OF the owners for they desire TO give tue %annsn -,
rs much OF holiday ~ Is consistent Win sen'o VI
s,nc u, the occupants Of large buildings object to
the signalling Of their watohmen at stated unes M,
then they make an arrangement IKE 'uaI bavc
between company and II b. Claim ana 70 MHC n"ro
twenty five signal boxes They require their wat'n
to make tours OF the building each night and to send
signals from various parts OF the Duullk r ,n,
| minutes TO prevent burglars from becoming Iaih'
iiar with the waehmans route through the building ne
have noticed on The outside of buildings for our paro
men, who are required TO sound signals III the SAM WY
lie carries key for the boxes and when he needs aS'iS
lance he duplicates the signal for ono oncer rings
three times roundsman and men, ana ior ugs o
a captain At present we have 1000 signals whlcn ale
recofdcd many tunes every night OF twelve hours lhey
| sound IN thirty central Offices
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U4PD TrSAGE IN JVORhHOUSE.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 22.-J. +. Lautz, barber