Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-26
FOR BURGLARS USE.
es -t,a.I CARE IN THE MfNueAc
fuRs AND SALE OF TOOLS.
nu's'a's Instruments Arc Seldom, Il Ever.
EXPOSED Openly Tor Sale, but They Are
Made lust The Same.

several q the shrewest central Office
ueVsStlNes are detailed constantly u looL
wv LOT burglars tools and those whomato
ene'n N accorinnce with the system in.
aueurated by superintendent pvrnes
wnen ne was in charge Of the detectlvs
bureau to prevent crime as wei as ~
o4teh thieves. Thieves know this and Al
hot go around, as they aid years AGO WITH
XII OF tools under their arms res,,y a.
take advantage OF every opening In tboi,.
line. Burglars tools. however sra ~.
scarce By any means and can be oh,si,s ~
At any time when there is a"trlets ~ ~
gone; The only thieves who need fuli
~ Of tools are those who mike speciality
oil safe breaking, and as burglars aiwngs
10 IN gangs Of from four TO ten one set u
tools VIII do for the gang no matter how
pressing the business may be.
Second story thieves and ordinary house
burglars require but few tools. The most
important are the paper blade,u which Il
a very thin piece OF elastic steel used 10 set
back window fastenings; augers to remove
locks by boring holes around them. ain.
mond points to remove panes Of class
and lockpicks and immles to force door
open by wedging them in cracks. It h
easy enough to obtain all of these tools
with the exception of the lockpicks frnm
stores In O legitimate way without oues.
tion, as they are all used in trade These
tools can be carried In small package
and are not kept in stock. They are bought
wnen needed and thrown away when used
IL Is not such plain sailing with the safe
breakers tools, as It is worth Eve years in
state prison to be caught with these on the
person Great caution is taken In manu-
featuring and storing burglars tools to
throw the police OH the scent, but 1t is a
fact that there are enough tools in this
city to till a pretty big storehouse II they
were all gathered together
a few years ago there were head centers
for thieves in all the do town districts,
aud the bellows and anvl were kept busy
turning out burglars tools openly in Wa.
ter and Cherry streets. 1t was In these
places that Gustaye Kiudt, alias French
Gus" Dutch Dan" Snyder, Harry Klein,
Mark Shruburn, Frank MoCmran, Charles
Bullard, alias Plano Charley" "Big JIM
Burns, Pat Sheylin Ned Lyons, John Lar.
ney, alias 'Mollie Matches and a host OF
other Crooks" received their first instruo
tions in mechanics and became afterward
the most pyuprt tO1luagprz In thtayery
IL was in an old sbon on Cberr, Min tba,
Dntcb Ueinrirb ,ybn Lsd a ,yo,Id,rtI,
reputation as a tooln,aler nerfacfsd a,
instrument known to thieves us the drag
for use IN breaking safes which bas don,
very effective work spnerintondent pvr,e,
mads a crusndc AGAINST tbose nIaces ,rbc,
be was placed m charge az he drtec,iy
bprean with tbe intention of lan5ing al
III tooimnters in iaiI or drivinf, tber, an
Of the citv. and he succeeded Most ali M,
worl of tbis Kind IL NOW dome in NewnrlF
n l. I'm several lproe sbons where N,
questions are asked Ga long ne tbe biIls mr.,
paid when thu tools aro iini,bed tbey ar,
hrone,bt here and stored with fprnItnre 1,
order 10 divert suspiciop. In some plaet
where nm annrtnent can he rented nv m,
wear
The most exnensive tools in the BURGLARS
III Tho drag iantscrcw diamond dr,
and sectional iir,mv The hest Jimmie
nov, In tho r1srket are made In pltisbnrg
Au tbc Tools tbat are used in safe bresl,
;,e are not stored in ana nlaee, M tbey oos
from $3.50 "a $500 Tor a mi set. and Il /,
cbeaner 10 nav rent Ia store them tban I,
oct nav ones made The sectional iimmic,
Sra often carried In Runeases when tn,
gang il ON the road. and the other tools ar,
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