The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-12-13
HOW'qO TRAP BURGLARS
4 Company That Helps You
to Do the Business.
RlNrs FOR WISE DETECTIVES
Let Them tiet themselves Con
nected filth the Wires ami
Then They'll Always
s - nm Hand
HINTS FOR VIE DETECTIVES

Thssober a Industrious burglar Is
each year end S:stsfiag new difficulties
10 the pFaeticl ass pFose sion. Ia years
gone by the nj aizA ssess needed only
to open a win ~ 10 secure the wealth Of
silver the pan ~ contns or to select
such articles Ia shop mi ether places
that suited bis taac5 tisass adags no
longer exist and the burglar Of May
who has kept up with the time fads it
necessary to be scientist, mathe-
maiieian. machiuist and mechanical
draughtsman. ae must also have a
knowledge OF electricity.
This last essential requirement OF the
prosperous aud euterprising burglar has
heeu caused by the use OF electricity rs a
tIief catcher. Burgiar alarms are now a
necessity in every large city and they
have been the principal cause of the
great decrease In the number of large
bnrglarIes aud the low ebb OF the finances
of the eminent artists who operate on
banks and large stores.
In this city the managers of banks aud
large business houses have taken adyan
tage Of the burglar alarm system 70 pro-
tect their property. In no two places are
the means for the detection OF an int uder
=.
aud no person, not even the proprietor ct
the store. can enter the doors or windows
without being detected. Then again.
there are scores OF traps set in the store
which render it impossible for person to
walk around without setting the electric
current 10 motion and bringing police-
man to the plaee,
ONE INGENIOUS DEVICE.
One place where he burglar alarm IS
used is Rochats J-welry store. Each
night the valuables in this store are
placed ia huge SAFE. When the safe is
I4ocked wooden cabinet Is placed over it.
This cabiuet is full of wires which are 50
arranged that II burglar succeeded in
gaining an enbeailre toths store without
detection be would net open the safe.
The very moment he should attempt to
do 50 be wonid disturb some OF the wires.
which would cut off the circuit aud ring
loud bell IL the Office OF the Burglar
Alarm Company. Should the intruder
attempt TO cut through the sides or back
OF this cabinet he would meet the same
Edifdculty-
In the dry goods store of a prominent
firm in the city each night before The
place is closed scores of silk threads so
fine as to be scarcely dissernable III day
light are strung anout the store. These
are connected with the burglar alarm,
and shuuIi a person gain an entrance to
the store he could not walk ten feet with
out breaking one OF these threads. II, By
a miracle, he did do this and uegan to
handle goods on the counters he would
disturb other traps which womb lead to
| lis detection. ST. lis Each place has Il
burglar alarm alffsrent from that II use
elsewhere
EXTENT OF THE BUSINESS
Mr.. Thomas Pratt, manager OF
burglar alarm company in this city. said
yesterday that he protected twenty five
4{~.<
summer hundreds OF houses that were
! closed while their tenants were in The
country.
1.-The system we use,'' said Mr.. Pratt,
sis that Of single special wire grounded
at each end. It is Impossible TO tap it.
The instant person touches any Of the
trans connected with the wire circuit is
opened and an electric bell continues to
RUG in our office until We stop il. The
person who entered the store would not
know the alarm had notifisd,us- As soon
as the bell notifies MS that some one has
entered Il building Charlie Mcbride. who
has special police power, either goes di-
rect To the place or else goes to the police
stat ion aud gets a police man to 90 with
him. Together they enter the store aud
careful search is made OF tina premises
If burglar is found there he is Capture /,
dead or alive. as the case may be. 1t Is
generally alive.
very frequently we nave tflCks piAyet.
on Us by tasse who use the alarm, 10
make sure the service is good They will
unlock the door OF he S ore and 20 IN aud
then walt 10 see If the alarm reached u.s.
The majority of the proprietors OF stores
protected by onr system leave a key with
Us SO that we have no delay in gaining an
entrance
Charlie Mcbride. who has been 10 the
dangerous business of searching ouild-
ings at night for burglars for ffteea years.
has had many curious adventures