Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-08-04


AT the statiOn-hOuse they told the
Captain.
"'Well, by - he exclaimed, that's
eth smartest girl have come across in
many a year. She's a daisy, and will be
heard from yeti"
And the pretty burglar laughed heartily
at the recollection.
did they make it light for me?" she
asked, showing her white teeth like a
beautiful tigress, 'no, they never do. But
Ii was all my fault that time. l should
never have worn the stuff Oh, it's foolish
to wear what you have taken" She
sighed, as other girls sighed over a novel,
IT'S a dead give away. You might as
well proclaim to everybody that it has
been stolen, for all the chances are that
some one will find it out. I made up my
mind never to be so foolish again. got
two years for that blunder. l had some
good resolutions when got out, ard tried
hard to keep them; bat fate, suppose,
was against me. A very kind gentleman
interested himself in me and got me q sit
uatiOz; bat as they wanted me TO pat in
ton Of coal and to work for eleven weeks
without pay, I cut the engagement short
by running away. Ny good resolutions
melted, and 1 was soon back to my old
haunts
'Alter that was holder but never reck-
lesa. was never caught at my work bat
once, and that was when 1 had partner.
You see 1 had no right TO have anybody
with nae. had made the acquaintance Of
a girl here in prison, and we agreed to be
partners in the Homework line. O1e night
just as we had finished going through the
second floor of house and were coming
away from the neighborhood. she stopped
to speak to some acquaintance. 1 walked
Oh ahead, carrying the plumber, and sig
nailed for her 20 come along; but it was
too late. Her delay spoiled all, for the
alarm had been given, and wa were both
taken in. l never had partner sgain.
"The biggest haul ever made was from
stiBgy, rico old fellow who could well
afford it. I piped off the house for weeks
before finally went in. got $500 in cold
cash, done up Ia handkerchief and came
away without looking for more, or
disturbing his dreams. Welived n clover
for a while, I tell youl There was lots of
drink all round, and pleasuting snd had
several new dresses cut of it. Here she
glanced Tuefully down at her coarse prison
gown All, you wouldn't have known
me them Yea, we blew it in inside OF d
few weeks and then hsd to look cut iOr
another victim.
"Isuppose have gone into forty houses,
altogether, and was never once caught at
it when worked alone. There is no par
ticular hour for work of this sort; Just
take the hour that suits me best, after hav-
ing studied the house and the folks in it.
l have waited three months, in one case,
bsfOre going into house. That was in q
jewelers.. He took the satchsl with the
iewelry mp to his bedroom, on the second
floor. Yes, got it, after ell, and good
haul, it WAS too" she added smiling,
''but didn't get very much cut of it. Tee
men you sell these things TO look out for
the lions share for themselves.
81 never carried lantern or anything
of that sort-no woman ever would, l
think. carry matches, though My lit
tie pick-latch is the only tool ever used
have entered houses several times and
come away again without touchieg any
thing; the psople were so poor that l
hadn't the heart to rob them. l would
shut the windows so quietly and step so
softly that they never would be disturbed.
Burglars don't have much to fear from
policemen. Inever had. You can always
avoid bSiDg seen by them, with little eau
ton. have passed them asleep on their
beat many time when l have been operat-
ing on their posts. remember once the
entire post was charged in q certain pre-
cinct on my account. Rain is a great help
to rs. When it rained would never take
the trouble to look for policeman. l
knew it was waste of time. Oh, they
know enough to come in out Of shower
at night"
And again the satirical, yet not unmu-
steal, laugh came from between the pretty
burglars lips.
Detectives are clever, in way" sht
contiEued, "but 1 think most women
could play with them as you would with
children. OIe Of the cleverfst ever
knew used to get his wife to ferret out all
the hard cases when women were con-
cerned."
"Were you never in peril" I asked,
"never really afraid for your life when on
ycur burglariz'rg adventures"
mo, l can't say that l was ever fright
ened. Sometimes l have been bit wor-
ried about things, but never scared. You
see it is different with men. When q
woman makes up her mind to do thing
she does it right through; bat man al
lows himself to be diverted By whatever
happens while he is doing it. There are
worse things than pistols for woman to
fear when she goes into room at night.
Few men would shoot under such circum-
stasces. If they awoke and saw a woman
searching the house they might think it
was some member of the household, or
even at the worst / could make some sort
of an excuse that would halt satisfy them
Now. they would take no excuse from a
man, but would either shoot or give an
alarm. l never carried pistol; never saw
the need of one."
"Wbile I was serving my second term IN
prison., " she said, with coquetiish twill
of her hood strings, 81 WAS about sixteen,
think, had several offers Of marriage.
1t all came about in the funniest way in
the world. 1 suppose there's something
ainut a woman when she has been very
bold in some way that fascinates the men"
she added, demurely, looking up from I'M
der her long golden-broFn eyelashes. AT
any rate. they came thick and fast for
while, and l had a time getting rid OF
them. One was a mechanic, another
farmer, and there were several others. /
did get married once" and again the
shadow of gloom passed over the
bright face, ''blt that's gone.
When 1 get out of here (Pm up for six
years this time, as there were twen'y-three
charges against me) there is young man
ready to marry me, and it may possibly
happen. Who can tell? Anyhow, l an
tired of prison. I'm twenty years old, and