New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-28
ATTENDING FUNERALS TO STEAL.
SOME THIEVES MAN ENOUGH TO ROD FAMILIES
TOO GRIEF STRICKEN To EE w>T'HFrL

SOME THIEVES NAN ENOUGH TO ROD FAMILIES
TOO GRIEF STRICKEN TO IF w>T'HFrI"
al saw in The Tilbnnc nn' long ago So" ''''
undertaken Yesterday "au account OF The 'nrprS" VI
rcpcr,cr on rdn: that he had been talking for some
time TO a detective in plain clothes az n''c''i' ''
vice. who was thc,c not 20 mourn, but TO wa''A f''a
none Of the brio brac was sto'"n. NO" 'ic P''c"'
Of ,rcu an Officer in Tie hons" is nol oniv no' I'M
usr.l but Il saves radcrtaicrS and ttcir ASSISTANTS
world cf trouhic and anxiety: for grhcT''N WYNN
;,!aC, arc missed from the house after fnncfai We
!cccIs a,c more art 70 blame the undrrtak"f a'''
ans for I, than anybod, else though have yet 10
sce the ipstancc where the theft vas really broish
home f. any connected with ON craft
nat the fact that things Often stolen from the
house of mourning We cal IL. cannot be deh'' all"
The larger tho house and the more iichhN 'ha' "''
invited tho service The greater the Temptation" |"
thieves, the greater their opportunity and til" less Inc
chances OF detection. There are pcntY o. poP''
especially women. both honest and dishonest. "h"
make IL their lu ncs- wa"i the pac-' for funeral
ard PFC en- them gives al the mouse
with all the assurance Of the oldest friend OF the
family
"Yon have perhaps taken notice nj some iih'fa!
In Your family or in one VAIN WEIGH 'o" "'''
intimately acGuaintcd that rcor'c come in ard l""F'i
az the dead. with evident sorrow and sympathy 10:
you and We; for the NE Of you you could not r'Ieb"
ever having seen them lcforc. It's waf p."p" nave
in this country a,d the Sharper know It, AMI TAR"
ad, antacc Of H. 20 push thc: own way In and SOD
over the corpse. perhaps make their way upstairs
and by keeping one sharp eve all the time Oh TIC
other people In the honse and tn other cv' OIL tn
goods ard chatteS. manage wy successfully to put
half dozen small things like hri;.SrSh. Il la'"
gla>s vase, a piec" OF lacquer w'.. or sN"r t'l.ct
article into tho cara'IouS pockets they carry nnhei
their vOluminOus skt~.
Then again have known women. after Ia" chief
mourncr- had gone to The cemetery with Tho
body aud those left behind were overcome with grief
step up the flowers that had been >"n in FOR ih"
oc,a on and Deliberately ninhc choice bouquets for
theni-cvc. il had the bold Ir>~ ~ object or
to AZ h" reason why. TIE woin"n'> eyes VIII MI
with tears and the plea Of n mcni"rt" ~ en- d"d'
friend. Won krow.' Nll DO made r"r-a'lv that N"
who Ind sccn the thing done .''T"- -: '!ii">
could doubt their sincerity once ,n"rcr.d cron-lv
woman interrupted mad" - 'r' arl In" p""'l" IN
the house would rather have let her take go worth Of
flowers than have had ~ h thin" h'.r"n.
"O'hcr pcopc A.. nh ~ ca ~"'Hc. h 'wcv"r. ann
remember OCCASION wh"T IN .o.ud f"r'd that
a diamond eA- ring had l""n >i'l"n from VI" ear II
;lr body in Tie coffin. IT, .ns."''cu '''ai dressed
III widow, weed. wh' h,i l"'t ov": 'ic dr., per-
and Kissed the body ~ .i'-r." -, sob "":"h y" 4
;hc ronrn"r iia' h'r lnn. ~" ~ ~ a'''n"i -
ace and down IN. 9 In. Nu!"h; im"" l'". lat
every body III I,t 'hu 'Li" ~" dl a1d - ~
WIS allowed SOB uAr"l .;"d ~ 'ci ,cii:". .;,ll
Weeping. into ir"r room.
lac >u~p'c:'d '!c w"rin: woman. ard h AID 80
mt =" md her; W" 'n'I" ni"'a her ~ !" tH' '',!
-h va cod one i"'l V"" >"' str' ," r""l
~ v:th"ui word a wh"n Ia IN .h,nd hi.>"d f.
me-. HI cona'a1d - ., 90 Of -" Sc: "I'' ~:
30 loud Ia "a ari ih'r ,l,pr"! Pa ht'r"'' ''"t
lr" f't' snd N'I G"wi -'"". e 80 30" '''r'
door. .n'nng and ~oh:'nc 4. '''h aud nat rail>
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