The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-06
METHODS or BURGLARS.


How They Dispose Of BOnda. JeWe1ry on@
Precious Gems.
"a man must be Il good MECHANIC to
be a burglar-a follower" remarked
an old detective. He must have good
tools and know how to use them. Now.
if O had a drill and undertook to
drill a hole through that stovepipe there
YOU would probably make 4 mess OF it.
How, then, is an unskillful man going
to make out when he has TO drill
through the hardest steel? An expert
burglar mast be good mechanic. know
how to use his tools and where to work
Oh a safe He has tn do his work
quickly. and use . blow-pipe or
some other means of softening the steel.
The tools used by expert burglars. the
men who rob banks. are Of the finest
workmanship. and n kit costs $1,000 or
more. 1t takes some capital for one to
get n start rs a burglar.
DO these burglars get much OF the
proceeds of their skill?" asked the re-
porter.
Now" said the detective. 1--WE will
suppose burglars rob . bank safe in
Washington and get. we will say.
800. 600 in negotiable bOnds-Chicago
l. Northwestern. or something like that
bonds that are not registered. but
are numbered. The bank has u list Of
the numbers. They can not. you see.
dispose of the bonds in open market;
but. they will take them to II man WHO
will give them about One-third of their
value. II the bonds are worth par. he
will give them. say $4,000 cash. That
is NIL they get. Now the man that buys
the bonds calls in another man skilled
in his line. who goes over them and
alters the numbers. For this he re-
ceivcs 10 per cent of the value G: the
bonds. or SIC. 600. The man vino bought
the bonds has paid out for them so far
$4,000. He may figure. you see. rs
broker and easily handle
them himself. After the bonds are
he calls in 4 man known rs
layer down. 1t is this mans business
to dispose of or lay down the bonds.
For this he gets One-half of the profits.
He sells them ut the full market value.
say 800. 900. and gets half of the 500
900 remaining. after the money paid to
the burglars and to the man who
the numbers is deducted"
but thieves who get diamonds and
jewelry?"
wv ell. suppose" said the detective.
'.that 4 thief has got into u mans
and taken the mans watch.
saw. $50. his diamond stud
worth $1GO. his wifc's diaihond ear
worth. say. $500. and perhaps u
diamond ring. too. making the value Of
Ill about $1,000. He goes to Il fence.
who looks ut the watch. calculates how
much the gold eases will amount To
when melted down. says he will have
have q new plate put on the works.
% as to alter the number of the watch.
lad finally gives S25 for it. He takes
he diamonds from the settings. ex-
them anil weighs them. and
lives perhaps $50 for the stud. $50 for
he stones from the earrings. and SO
N. maxim. in all about $250for the lot
That is all the thief will get for his job.
The settings of the stui and earrings
.iIl be thrown aside. 1t is the stones
hat are valuable. and. except in the
'asc of very large and valuable dia-
nonds that are registered. no one could
wear positively tn them after they are
'eset. The fence. of course. has to
AXE risks. and many have TO keep the
tolen diamonds for six months OF
more. If u fence becomes known.
hicves won't put any thing away with
lin. If it is Il choice between two.
nd one of the two conducts his BUSH
less so quietly that he has not been dis
overcd. the thief will go to him.
hough he knows he will get a much
sum for what he has to dispose