The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-24

yantages of excellent early training
 of general education, and of business experience. They fall through family troubles. disappointments, or discour- agements of some kind. Once having committed the overt act that makes them thieves. their intelligence is such that their progress in crime is very rapid. It is much greater than that of the ignorant persons who perpetrate a low, mean class of robberies In forgery this is particularly noticeable. Some of the men who are know intern ationally as the perpetrators of astounding for geries. are men of good origin and splendidly educated.
 How do thieves look upon their business? Does it seem legitimate to them?'
 Well. you can not tell much about that. You would have to be a thief or live among them to get at their ideas in a matter like that. They speak of going to work when talk ing among themselves in a matter-of- fact way. It is the same with conf- dence men. When they set out to en- snare people and get their money, they always speak of it as going to work. Every time thief starts out to do job of thieving. he knows that he takes some chance of falling - that ig. of being arrested and inn prisoned. In many cases the job seems 10 be practically without risk. and however dangerous it may be he never undertakes one that he does not expect to get away with. No man is more jealous of his liberty than professional thief More ordinary offenders are much more reckless in taking chances of being locked up. One of the first things that gang of professionals does nowadays when planning for piece of work is to subscribe in equal amounts what is called fall nor ey.' This is to protect any one of the gang who may happen to be arrested, and provide him with counsel and other necessaries. It protects them against each other also. A common owner ship in a fund like this helps to keep them together. And the one arrested IS protected against the desertion of his friends. And if disposed to remain steadfast. they arc we'll protected against the risk of having to try to connect with him to help him. The
 fall money is left in the hands of confidential common friend. usually not a professional. Sporting people and saloon-keepers are generally the ones who are well enough acquainted with thieves 10 be with them, though not of them."
 What are the rewards of successful thieving? Do these men look forward to a time when they can stop stealing and enjoy what they have amassed of other peoples wealth."
 Il do not know a perso on who has been professional thief and has ac- cumulated money who is not ready to do any thing that he considers safe to increase his wealth, no matter how crooked it may be. He may have enough, with prudence, to live on all his life. But he will always be ready to put up for the expenses of a job out of which he can get some profit, or by stolen property when it can be done with any assurance that there is little risk. Their greed for money is unsuitable. There are men in this country and in Eur opel mean Amer jeans in Europe, for I do not know much of foreign criminal matters - who have got pile of money as pro- fessionals. They have never aban- doned the ways by which they got it. But they pursue their ways so as to greatly redu cc their chances of either going to prison or of contribut- ing to the enrichment of lawyers. Their money gives them a position among their own class. They are sought out by first-rate crooks the only kind they would have any thing to do with, and by paying expenses and remaining in the background they can share in the profits of thieving at very little risk"
 That reminds me. Inspector. Who is Adam Worth. who is reported as living in such great style in London, somewhat af,er the fashion you have indIcated?"
 Adam Worth is one of the class l have referred to. He is an American, and some of his people live in this city to-day. He fled the country on ac- count of Massachusetts bank rob- bery. He took over a large amount of money and set up al elegant pri- vate establishment in London. His home is in Piccadilly. It is frequented by the highest class of English crimi- nals and of American crooks who go across. He is reputed to have added largely to his wealth through his shrewdness in disposing of stolen property from the continent. He is q swell. tell you. He lives and acts like gentleman, owns yacht, and all that sort of thing. Any body who goes over there from here and is known as good man is sure of be- ing royalty entertained by Adam. Yet this place is, l assume, under the surveillance of the police, and he is liable at any time to make a slip tn at will give them a chance to grab him. His is no double life in the story and the stage acceptation of such things. He does not have any society, except that of his kind. With all his money, and despite his criminal