Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-05


drop cut of the pantry window, climb
the fence and dash away in a carriage
| waiting for him around the corner. The
man of science never works unless he
hiss sentinels posted outside 10 warn
him in case of emergency. The popu.
lar method of posting these sentinels is
to hire room opposite to the place
| where the robbery is to occur. The
sentinels have wire with a handker-
chief tied to it or some other signal by
which the burglars can be warned.
The scientific man comes prepared to
kill, and when he is cOrnered is the
most merciless criminal you can
encounter. Blu. he will never Kill
while there is hope of es-
cape. A man of science shrinks
from murder except as the very
last means of avoiding capture. There
is one Little thing about systematic
burglars which few people know of.
They never address each other by their
real names when engaged N a crime.
| The usual way is TO give each one a
number. Then the leader can talk
without giving the police a clew to the
| identity of his confederates. He can
say, Here, No. l, you gag this man.
No. =. you bring t ut jimmy and lantern
into the next room You see, in order
to carry out a big plan several men
must be in the conspiracy. and this is
the way they communicate with each
other"
THE "BOss'' BURGLAR.
"Who do you think is the best burglar
in the world?"
'.Dan Noble. He is at present living
against his will in England. Dan was
caught in an attempt upon the Bank of
| England. You don't know what man
lie was"
The lawyer shook his head sadly.
How about Bill Vosburgh; wasn't
he a clever BURGLAR"
''Oh' don t, don mention such man
III the same breath with Dan Noble"
cried the lawyer. with an expression of
pain upon his face. 1T simply disgasts
me. What! Bill Vosburgh compared
to Dan Noble. A common sneak thief
compared to the king of scientists.
Why. Noble could do anything. Many
time he 5 sat in tie very chair you re
sitting in and talked to me. Some Of
the great bank burglars become cleo
trlcianS and chemists. A man who was
once a celebrated burglar. but who is at
present an honored physc an. told me
when was defending him that he could
90 through steel shutter with phial
OF acid, a piece of silk and a spring saw
just rs if he was cutting through so
much tissue paper. BURGLARS study
! al fyf IN, wit n,{
alarms.
HOW 1.-THE swAG" Is DISPOSED OF.
{" Bat there are some things in which
the poor burglar is misunderstood. He
seldom gets the lions share of the profit
Take a sample case. I'll gi7e YOU one
founded upon fact that. viii Illustrate
scores OF others. A burglar breaks into
silk house and gets away with two or
three cases that cost the owner, say,
$1,000 He has to pay at least two
cOnfederates. Before the burglary he
had to hire 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 q
person, would allow so many goods to
he carted to the receiving place. 1t would
attract too much attention. If the
wagon and horse belong to trusted
friend the burglar returns them; if
no.. he lets them 90 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
to bid for the silk. 1t is a curious fact,
but a true one, nevertheless. that when
a man IS robbed he always says that his
loss Is greater than it really is. In this
case the merchant claims that the six
stolen from him is worth over 5000, in
stead of 5000. 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 arrive surveys the silk and
says. Mine friendt, dose goots are wort
$4,000; | off you $1,000. vor ] hat to
sell vor s., 800 to a friendt of mine who
knows all apout dot roppery' The
fence is perfectly homes: in his state
ment, but the burglar doesn't believe
him and refuses to sell.
lf1rs tOMES 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 a
cur Gus burglary in So-and-so's six
warehouse?' says the detective Il
don t know anything about it. says the
poor burglar, who is now inwardly
qua >ing. Yes, you do saws tue de-
tective. and you've got the stuff Now
give you till tomorrow to fork over
the stuff to the owner, or I'll collar it
ana 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. If
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 a gang of burglars.
The thieves managed to escape. but all
their swag was captured. Thus the
81 k Is returned IN the owner who NAYS