The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-05-27

tell YOU the principal, however. The
sneak thief, for example. He watch
es to see if the family dine up or dow1
stairs. If down, why he'll ring tn,
upstairs bell, and Offering the cir
letter, will ask her to direct him II
the address. She don't know it, o.
course, and'll 60 down to ask the
master, and while she's gone the
thief'll snatch everything he can lay
bis hands on, from the coats in the
hall rack to the very gas globe on the
hall lamp. Why, I've even aknowd
him to take the door mat under his
arm. Then there's the till tappers.
They always work in mobs of two
and three. One manlI watch the
premises until he knows when there's
the fewest men around and until be
finds out what articles in stock are
furdest away from the counter: Then,
when the traps set, the talker'n GO
in, and ask for one of them articles
clear down to the bottom of the store,
and if there's another clerk left anoth.
er pal will come in and gethim scrambl.
ing for something up on top eff a lad.
der, and while the clerks is so en-.
gagged Quill come the till and away'll
60 the coin.
Till-tapping used to be my favorite
layout, and / well remember onct
when we was worksng an old fellow
who kepta cigar and liquor store in
Philadelphy. We was agoing to buy
the store, we was, and one evening
when the talker went in to complete
the purchase and said summit about
an alteration he wanted made in the
back yard, hang me if the old fellow
didn't actually light lantern and
take my pal out to see what it was.
The joke was so good that l not only
took what was in the till, but took the
till, too. A very simple racket,
and one that always works well
when you've struck the right place,
is that of dropping the letter. What
is wanted is house some distance up
town, where the family consists of hus-
band and wife, with the husband go
ing down town every morning. Hsv-
ing got the hours down fine, the thief
writes note telling his dear wife as
how he's abroke his leg and for her
to come right away down as quick as
ever she kin put on her buds. Then
he gets little boy to take this affect
ing epistle to the house and for the
boy to say some man give it to him in
a orful hurry. Out the poor woman
puts, and when the poor woman gets
down town she finds her husbands
two blessed legs all right, but when
she gets back home, she finds that
some one has been there and raked
in every cent and evtry bit of silver
he could lay hands on.
DROPPING THE RING.
Dropping the ring is still great 90
in New York, and has been introduced
in San Francisco 1 hear. As there's
no secoority like that of publicity, /
tell you, how it's done. A pair works
it. you see, and as soon as they see a
likely cove the pair splits, one before
and one arter. Inn as goes before
drops a ring, the cove picks it up,
but before he can say a word the sec
ond fellow runs up and saws. saws he.
wot did you find? My eye, he SAYS,
Wy it's a diamant. I'll give you IS
tor it, and the chaps wot dropped it
needn't be called back. Human natur
Is SIGH that when the cove hears this
Dr. alters wants to make little more,
70. No, says he, let's 90 to some
eweler and see what's wuth. All
light, says the thief, and steers him
70 fence, who looks at it wise, and
ays he thinks it's diamond and wuth
considerable. All right, says the
MET. I'll give you $40 for it and we'll
az nuthin bout it. No, says the
eller, all right then, Gays the thief,
'ou give me $40 and keep the ring
nd I'll not say a word that you pick
d it up without trying to return it.
That places the Teller in a quaudary,
nd he shells out his 800, and goes off |
With his diamaut ring, valley Is |
ents.
GOING ON THE HOUSE.
The racket that requires the most
erve is that of going on the house.
he thief dresses like q workman, and
generally takes q kit of tools with
i'm. He looks out for house that
'oks as if everybody had gone down
own, and then boldly walks up the
ront doorsteps and opens the door
nth a skeleton key. IF he meets no
me, well and good, and if some one
ONES up to ask him what he's doing
here. Why, he says, amt this the
lace where the sewer has to be fixed ?
md if he's asked how he dared to
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