Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-10-29
BEHIND CRIMES CURTAIN
A Peep at the Way Justice Is
Cheated.
Scientific liurgiars-The Champion Rogues
OF the worid-How the burglar
Divides His Plunder - Two
Murders at Sea.

A little blue cloud of smoke loated
over the head OF well-known criminal
lawyer of this city yeterday ac he sat in
big. soft, shiny leather chair and
drsamily pulled dainty wreaths and
garlands from a long cigar. His fat,
red hands, sparkling with diamonds,
dropped lazily over the creased sides Of
the chair. and every time the wide
bosom Of his shirt rose and fell bunch
of jewels twinklcd and blazed, a fairy
island in a white sea, beneath which a
thousand dark secrets rolled like the
bones Of dead sailors. Deep gray eyes,
rosy cheeks and thick. red neck.
swollen with muscles, lay against the
dark brown back cushions. From the
snowy cuffs that enclosed the burly
wrists pair of large manacles Of solid
gold dangled.
From the walls Of the room a faded
picture Of Lord Chief-Justice Cockburn
stared at faded picture OF Reddy the
Blacksmith. and My Lord was not fiat
tered by the comparison either AT the
door was an old-iashioned little boy
with keen eyes and a sharp nose.
''Yes," said the obstructor Of the
coprse OF justice, to reporter wb
tanning the blue cloud away, IL .
known personally nearly all the crimi-
mails that have amounted TO ANYTHING in
the last twenty-five years. Men of
brainsP Well / should say so. II the
cause Of education had such men Of
herosm and genius enlisted on its side
how much better the world might be to-
day, and how much poorer | might bel
It's dreadful TO think of what wicked
ness there is in the world, and yet
long ago made up my mind that we
had 10 bear with II in a spirit Of Chris
tian fortitude This is really very
pleasant cigar.
Here the lawyer crossed his legs and
sighed with an air OF delicious content
ment. The golden shacklcs jingled and
twinkled as he gently rubbed his chuh-
by palms together and settled himself
more cozily in the chair.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF BURGLARS.
al long ago learned to distinguish
between criminals in way that the
ordinary public seldom understands.
He is fine, romantic figure, and vet
burglars differ in their spheres as Prof.
Wicklow, the great anatomist, differs
from an ordinary coroner's assistant.
In the lower walks Of life we have the
common burglar, the tramping vaga-
bond who breaks into house upon the
mere chance that the people may be
asleep, and that he may find something
worth stealing. Such men seldom rise
jn life and are mere drags upon modern
civilization. l always think Of their
poor lawyers with q feeling of pro-
found pity. Hardened as my pro.
fession may make me. | always hope to
have some tender feelings The
drunken burglar comes next in the
scale. He loafs around bar-rooms all
day, swigs beer and whisky until his
brains are all fuddled, and at night he
breaks into some unprotected grocery
store. Now / come TO very interest
ing class OF people, who are generally
chaperoned by persons like a certai n
dear old lady now in Canada who shall
be nameless. These burglars send
young women-in most cases their
own sweethearts - to intelligence offices
In order TO get situations as servants TO
wealthy families. These servants learn
where the family valuables are kept
study the habits OF their employers.
and then. at the right hour, leave the
door open. The burglar who works
on this plan finds his task easy. Col
ored criminals use this scheme very
much. You remember that il was only
n few months ago that Gertrude Ash.
a colored servant, concealed her lover
in the house where she was employed.
and thus enabled him to steal what he
wanted.
THE HIGH-ToNED FELLOWS.
'Then there are the educated. sys.
tematic burglars-the men Of science.
Ahl what magnificent men | have
knowni These men never 90 into a
house on q chance of finding booty.
They first learn what kind of wealth is
kept in the house. II II Is jewelry. they
arrange their plans TO steal jewelry: Il
II is bonds, as In the case of the great
Lord robbery, they get ready to steal
bonds. When they enter the house
they do not seize the first valuable
thing they see. but work Systematically
toward the place where the jewelry or
the bonds are kept The first thing a
man Of science plans is how TO get out
of the house he is going to rob One
Of the greatest burglars that ever lived
said 10 me; ANY mechanic with cool
nerves can break into a house, but II
takes man Of brains 10 get out The
true burglar has arranged before he
enters the house just what he will do If
the occupants discover the burglary
turn the light out, lock the hall door.
drop out OF the pantry window, climb
the ienca and dash away in carriage
waiting for him around tho corner. The
man Of science never works unless he
has sentinels posted outside 10 warn
him In case Of emergency The pOpu-
lar method Of posting these sentinels is
10 hire a room opposite 10 the place
where tho robbery is 10 occur. The
sentinels have n wire with handker-
chief tied 10 II or some other signal by
which the burglars can be warned.
The scientific man comes prepared 10
kill, and when he Is cornered Is the
most merciless criminal YOU can
encounter. But he viii never XII,
while there Is hope OF es-
cape. A man OF science shrinks
fIOm murder except rs the very
last means Of avoiding capture There
is one lttle thing about systematic
burglars which few people know Of
They never address each other by their
real names when engaged in a crime.
The usual way Is 10 give each one a
number Then the leader can talk
without giving the police clew TO the
identity Of his conleharates. He can
far. H,ge No I. you gag this man
Ne ). you bring t1at jimmy and lantern
into ne next room lon see. IN order
70 carry cut bg plan seyeral men
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