Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-28
TALKING OF BURGLARS.
Not much Encouragement for Young
Mem 70 Enter the Business.

"a man must be q good mechanic 70 be a burg
Lara safe- blower" remarked toe OLD detective to
STAR reporter. They were speaking OF the awk-
ward attempt TO blow open the safe In Towns
coffee mill. ''He must have good toois and know
how TO use them Now II you had drill and IN
dertook to drill hole through that stove-plpe
there you would probably make a mess OF It."
The reporter admitted that his training as burg
lar had been neglected. and the detective went on.
.How then is an unsxill;ul man going 70 make out
when he has TO drill through the hardest steel?
An expert burglar must De good mechanic,
know how to use his tools, and where 10 work on
a safe. He has TO do his work quickly, and use
blow-plpe or some other means OF sortening the
steel The tools used by expert burglars, tue men
who roo balAS, are OF the finest Workmanship,
and a kit costs $1,000 or more. IL takes some
espsa m ,ep %ne % 20 saw t as so lar But
night were .cnumpS' Whenever there Is a success
ful safe burglary t Is always followed by other at
something like this' and go OF and Try It."
"Do these burglars get much or the proceeds Of
tn eli sk1ll?" ASKED the reporter.
snow" said the Detective 1--WE win suppose
burglars roo osak-safe here In Washington and
get, We Will say, 100000 In negotiable bonds
bonds that are not registere but are NUMBERED
The bank has a list or the numbers. They cannot
you see, dispose OF the bonds In open market; but
about one-thiru OF their value n the Bonds are
worth par he Will give them, say $4,000 cash
That Is all tney get NOW the man that buys the
bonds calls in another man skilled In his line VINO
goes over them and alters the numberA For TINS
he receives 10 per cent OF the value OF the bonds
or $4,000 The man who fought the BINDS has
paid out for them 30 far $4,000 He may ngure,
you see, as q respectable broker and he cannot
handle them himself After the bonds are altered
ne calls IN man known as q layer down. II IL
this mans business TO dispose OF or lay down the
bonds For this he gets one-hah Of the proutA He
sells them at their null market value say $780,
and gets hail OF the $50 600 remaining, aIrer the
money PAID 10 the burglars and 70 the man VINO
altered the numbers Is deducted"
but thieves who get diamonds and 1ewelry:r
We'll suppose" said the detective, that o
thief has got into mans house and taken the
mans wA1ch, worth, SAY, $50 MS diamond stud,
worth $500, nis wife's diamond earnngA worth,
say, 500, and psrnaps diamond ing. too max
Ing the value Of all about $1,000 He goes 70 Q
fence. wh looks It the watcn, CALCULATES how
much the gold cases will amount 60 when melted
down, says he will have 70 have new plate put
on the workA 70 a. 20 alter the number q the
watch, and nnAlly Owes IS for IL He takes the
diamonds from the settings examines them and
weighs them, ana gives perhaps SO fof the stud,
$50 for the sCones from the earnings and 20 on,
making IN eli about $50 Tor the lot That IL al
the thief VIA get Tor his job. The settings a the
stud ana earrings viii be thrown aside a 10 the
STONES that are valuable and 6cepc In the cAse of
ven laxV0 and valuable o1anoo6 thas oxo RI.