The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-30

while .hes. /. a hope Of Is.
cape A rp of science shrinks
from murdA Except as the very
last means odLiSbiding capture There
Is one little st6pg about systematic
burglars whi6 Jew people know Of
They never adj Us each other by their
real names whdn Engaged in q crime.
The usual way p give each one a
number. Then = leader can talk
without giving the police a clew 20 the
identity Of his conlsdera,es. He can
say. Here. No. ]. yos gag this man.
No z. you bring thst jimmy and lantern
into the next rOom2 Sou sec. in order
to carry out a big obn several men
must be in the conspirAey. and this is
the way they communiea,e with each
other"
THE "Boss" s9nDDLAR.
who's do you think i - best burglar
In the world?" u
"Dan Noble. He is At usesent living
against his will in England Dan was
caught in an attempt upon the Bank Of
England. You don't know whai q man
he was"
The lawyer shook his head sadly.
How about Bill vosbursh; wasn't
he a clever burglar"
oh don't, don't mention such a man
in the same breath with Dan Noble"
cried the lawyer. with an exp ession OF
pain upon his face. lit simply dkgusts
me. What! Bill Vosburgh compared
to Dan Noble! A common sneak thief
compared to the king Of sct,ntist SIS.
Why. Noble could do anything. Many
. time he's sat in the very chair yos re
sitting in and talked to me. Some Of
the great bank burglars become ,hc-
tricians and chemists. A man VINO Wa
once a celebrated burglar. hut who is u
present an honored physician. told me
when ! was defending him hat he con ID
60 through q steel shutter with a phial
OF acid, q piece Of silk and . spring saw
just as il he was cutting through 81
much tissue paper. BURGLARS study
electricity in order to cope with patent
alarms.
HOW 1.-THE SwAG" Is DISPOSED OF.
But there are some things in which
the poor burglar is misunderstood. He
seldom gels the lions share of the profit.
Take a sample case. I'll give YOU one
founded upon fact that will illustrate
scores OF others. A burglar breaks into
a silk house and gets away with two or
three cases that cost the owner. say,
5000. He has to pay ut least two
cOnfedcrates. Before the burglary he
had to hire a floor in some cheap tene-
ment house and an express wagon.
The silk is taken in the wagon TO the
tenement house. for no receiver of stol-
en- goods or fence, as we call such "A
person, would allow SO many goods to
be carted to the receiving place. 1t would
attract too much attention. II the
wagon and horse belong to 4 trusted
friend the burglar returns them; if
no. he ID. them 20 in the street
and doa'i bother his head about
them. Now. the next tlnSS t.
is 10 cail i'm three or four fences
to bid for the silk. II is 4 curious TACT.
but a true one. nevertheless. that when
a man i robbed he always say that his
loss l. greater than it really i. In this
case the merchant claims that tn" silk
stolen from him j. worth I've 5000. in
stead OF :j.Obo. its real value. The burg
i'i ''t'' Nv "NIdb'!~ " H' It
always keep up sharply with the news of
the day. and gets from the merchant
I:;i,represcntat onS an exaggerated idea
of what his booty is worth. The first
fence Ia arrive surveys the silk and
SayS, Mine friendt. dose gOot> are wort
5000; | "If YOU $1,000. vor ] haf 10
sell vor : 300 to a tricndt of mine who
know, all aprut dot roppcry.' The
fence is perfectly honest in his state
ment. but the burglar doesn't believe
him and refuses To sell.
wHEEE THE DETECTIVE COMES II.
Nov. what does the fence do? |
don't want 10 be too explicit, but
the chances are that within n few
hours Il detective taps the burglar
on the shoulder. say. wasn't that 4
curods burglary in So-and SOS six
warehouse says the detective. Il
don know anythin" about IT, SAYS the
poor burglar. who is now inwardly
qua, mo. Yes. Iou do SAYS tue de
tcctivc. and you've cot the stuff. Now
j give YOU till tomorrow TO fork over
the stun 10 the owner. or I'll collar it
and YOU. too. You see. the detective
doesn't know where the silk is hid, but
he prctcndS he does. What does the
poor burglar DO now?: He either sends
for the fence and sells the silk for
whatever he can get. or he agrees
with the detective to return the goods
TO the owner for say 5000 reward. Ii
the latter course is decided upon. the
public suddenly learns of a very brill
liant pece of detective work through
which two detectives have unearthcd
the headquarters of a gang OF burglars.
The thieves managed to escape. but all
their swag was captured. Thus the
six is returned to the owner. who pays
the reward, in which the burglar and
the fence share. You see what a dis
cOuraging thing it is to be a burglar.
A BURGLAR AT HOME.
"A man like Dan Noble sometimes
becomes prominent in his own com
muniiy. Dan lived in Elmira and
owned trotting horses there. l have
often heard it said that he was so pop
ular in Elmira that the authorities
could not get a conviction against him
there. Once when | was on NV way to
Binghamlon to get q famous burglar
N IN bail l met Dan Noble on the
train. He had a whole section in the
car. had two splendid dogs. and was
waited upon As if he was a Prince. l
told him where l was going. and he
laughed. I'm on my way to nv resi-
dence.' he said. Its too bad that
people will &c; themselves in trouble,
iSu't ii" Noble. YOU will remember,
stole owe 5000. OOo in bonds from MI.
Lord
4 PRINCE OF SNEAK THIEVES
'.Who is another remarkable criminal
of your acGuaintance?'
''Chauncey Johnston. He's dead
now"