Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-10-29
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THE "Boss'' BURGLAR
"Who do you think is the best burglar
n the worldPn
Dan Noble. He is at present living
against his viii in England. Dan was
caught in an attempt upon the Bank OF
England. You don't know what q man
he was"
Tho lawyer shook his head sadly.
'How about Bill Vosburgh; wasn't
he a clever burglarP"
ooh don't don't mention such a man
IN the same breath with Dan Noble"
cried the lawyer, with an expression of
me. What Bill Vosburgh compared
10 Dan Nobel A common sneak thief
compared 10 the king Of scientistsl
Why, Noble could do anything Many
a time he's sat in the very chair you're
sitting in and talked to me. Some Of
the great bank burglars become cleo
tricians and chemists. A man who was
once celebrated burglar. but who is at
present an honored physician, told me
when was defending him that he could
go through a steel shutter with phial
Of acid, a piece OF silk and spring saw
just as II he was cutting through so
much tissue paper. Burgulars study
electricity in order TO cope with patent
alarms.
now "rHE swAG" Is DISPOSED OF.
But there arc some things in which
the poor burglar Is misunderstood. He
seldom gets the lions share of the profit
Take a sample case. I'll give YOU one
founded upon fact that win illustrate
scores of others. A burglar breaks into
a silk house and gets away with two or
three cases that cost the owner. say.
$1,000 He has 10 pay at least two
confederates Before the burglary he
had to hire a iloor 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 toa trusted
friend the burglar returns them; If
no.. he lets them 60 in the street
and don't bother his head about
them. Now, the next thing to do
is TO call in three or four fences
10 bid for the silk. Ii is curious fact,
but true one. nevertheless. that when
n man is robbed he always says that his
loss Is greater than it really is. In this
case the merchant claims that the silk
stolen from him is worth over 5000, in
stead OF -, 900. its real value. The burg
lar reads the newspapers, for he mus.
always keep up sharply with the news OF
the day. and gets from the merchants
misrepresentat ons an exaggerated idea
of what his booty is worth. The first
fence to rive surveys the silk and
says, Mine friendt, dose goots are wort
$1,000; gif you $1,000. vor i haf to
sell vor 81. 500 to friendt of mine who
lIcw3 all apout dot roppery. The
fence is perfectly honest in his state
ment, but the burglar doesn't believe
him and refuses TO sell.
WHERE THE DETECTIVE CONES IN
"Now. what does the fence do? l
don't want to be too explicit, but
the chances are that within a few
hours detective taps the burglar
on the shoulder. Say, wasn't that
curious burglary in So-and-so's silk
warehouseg' says the detective. Il
don know anything about it. SAYS the
poor burglar, who is now inwardly
quaking Yes. you do says the de-
tective, and you've got the stuff Now
l give you till tomorrow 10 fork over
the stuff TO the owner. or I'll collar il
and you. too. You see. the detective
doesn't know where the silk is hid, but
he preteuds 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 $4,000 reward. II
the latter course Is decided upon, the
public suddenly learns of very brill
liant p.ece of detective work through
which two detectives have unearthed
the headquarters of gang of burglars.
The thieves managed TO escape. but all
their swag was captured. Thus the
silk 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 burglar.
A BURGLAR AT HOME.
"a man like Dan Noble sometimes
becomes prominent in his own COM
munity. Dan lived in Elmira and
owned trotting horses there. ! have
often heard it said that he was so pop
ular in Elmira that the authOr.t ties
could not get a conviction against him
there. Once when | was on my way to
Binghamton to get famous burglar
out on bail 1 met Dan Noble on the
train. He had a whole section IN the
car, had two splendid dogs. and was
waited upon as II he was a Prince.
told HIM where was going, and he
laughed. I'm on my way to my resi-
dence,' he said. ifs too bad that
people will get themselves in trolble,
ish't itH Noble, you will remember,
stole over $1,000, 600 in bonds from Mr..
Lord.
PRINCE OF SNEAK THIEVES
'Who is another remarkable criminal
of your acquaintance"
''Chauncey Johnston He's dead
now"
The lawyer turned his head away
Then there was a moment of silence
Then he pressed a piece of blotting-
paper 10 his eyes
''Chauncey was the most eminent
sneak thief that ever lived, he said.
''He made over $500. 900 in his profess
sion, and yet he died beggar. Sad,
isn't itP Well. that is the way of the
world Chauncey once robbed the Fifth
Avenue Hotel The story never came
out but I'll tel ii now. Every year
the New England Society had dinner
at the hotel. When the committee was
arranging for the dinner one day in the
little room at the back OF the main
office Cnauncey walked in. lie was
elegantly dressed and picked his teeth
with gold toothpick. The hotel pro-
prietors thought he was a member OF
the committee and the committee
thought he was one of the proprietors.
little room, and Cnauneey stole the first
thing in il he could reach. When he