Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-25
AN ARTISTIC BURGLARY
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q short holiday, accoumnau;dS nav sone m Tor
crom r Snu paiishioncr James Ola.
o%r cha Esqr the eminent iron NOR.
sns,a an' ~ our city lie had been ont ~
so,ss Tor some time, and tbis fnct !
suppose, cau~ed him TO mako tho w..
e'atlon to me which have o.tr,oL., wy lev,
70 record hereunder HP''u
"hen he had finished his tolo oor,o
10 another conclusion.
,ou may talk us you like, said M
friend, "of the abilities Of Con,n;o, N 10y ~.
any other detective, and the verv mrch
oscr-rated intelligence with which
some men are endowed. There is
no"cVer' great deal moro of II as.
sure you, In the novel tbon IN 700,
.iie, me. Now look around YOU" CON
t'nued Mr. Ollacram, "and coreidor
now many of our great crimes nre
brought to light Why, not ono.
tenth of them, il we were dcnendcnt
on this wisdom and sagacity of Police
man AA' II the criminal brings in.
telllgencc to his Job the force, is inn
mediatclyat fault"
Yes" he continued, ~ am nm an.
thority upon the subject. have been
burglar myself"
You" exclaimed in horror
Then, rising from my seat. almost
started upon run. lie was man
whom had esteemed and respected,
and one of the very pillars of nv
church. Mr. Ollacram laughed quietly
at my excitement His coolness was
irresistible, and | could only excusc
him on the grounds that he had gone
suddenly mad.
You may stare" replied Mr.. Ola.
cram smiling, but assure YOU there
Is nothing out of the way in nv as.
sertion. Sit down again calmly and
will tell you short story.
In the early part of my life / was
an artistic burglar, and made con.
siderable sum Of money at The profcs.
sion. The authorities never caught
me, and will tell you further that
they never even suspected Inc of q
crime. The reason is simple. thought
out my plans well before put them
into execution. invariably laid little
traps for the police who were to fol
low on my trail, and Sherlock Holmes,
the prince of modern story detectives,
would as surely have been landed in a
quagmire had he come ON one of my
burglaries, as he was in his adventure
over the yellow Face"
rescated myself on the very end ot
the form and listened to the following
revelation:
"In those days dismissed the ques.
tion of morality from my mind alto
gethcr. Ignored all restraint except
the restraint of public observation and
public opinion.
my part was studied from the be
ginning, alternative situations pro
vided for and, once planned out, lper
mitted myself to make no deviation.
''1t was in this way that carried
out the burglary in the residence Of
our mutual friend and neighbor, Chum
leigh, in Browns terrace"
"The houses in the terrace were al
alike. and as l lived in one OF then
with my parents was perfectly ia
miliar with the features of the others
could go through them by night a.
well as by day. Mr., Chumleigh was {
respectable merchant, whose wife hat
recently died, leaving him with three
children, the youngest of whom wa'
an infant of but few weeks old.
"His wife during her life had been
very fashionable woman, and was al
ways very lavish in her display of jew
elrv. 1t was this jewelry thatattracteC
me. concluded that these articles o
value would still be found in the room
on the third floor, lately occupied b.
that tlady. also came to the conclusion
that Mr.. Chumleigh now occupied
different apartment. ] therefore de
termined to gain access to the room II
which Mrs. Chumleigh had breathet
her last. I trusted myself to be aol
to do the rest. ~
II sent our maid servant on one oc
casion to the housekeeper, requesting
her to let my father try Mr. Chum
leiph's latch key, on the plea that ou
latch key had been mislaid ana W.
were consequently unable to open tn
door In a few minutes the girl re
turned. I had obtained the impression
in wax, and the latch key, with man
th,nl,s was back in the custody OF MI
Cbumloiph's housekecper. To manufac
trre similar key was not a work o
rreat trouble to me, and | thus OF
tained the means of quiet access
Gas have said, l always arrange
nv burglaries with a preconceiVe' pa $,
;dea 3 Accordingly | now picked u
~ ia na;r of boots that had seen thei
hest days on the feet of a cost eostcrmoh i.in,,i
cor doubtless, and cap tnae wou, ~
sore s been kicked by workhouse mes
n"nrer - also obtained surreptitiou'
=, the awl, hammer and twine, Q
.waxed ond,' from snoeli'A'' ""
lived in the country. :, ~
iisep e. nnxt ~ supplied myself with a use
or,relone, bearing postmark' ana ITi.
nortion of country newspapel, ,ol ~
fUssil ibass articles in my possession al. ! lel
satis6ed, as an artistic ourgia,, !3,sn, Sats, Sa
conld outwit the most shllitpi SKI .So uv,,, ms,o
eoui' % had. of course, also the usua
livs' ,acessary instruments when PEI
.hr ,a;n TO the faculty of hoIseGrenn1'' amI
'acuding ialn E leather sucker sue ,,nrnnsa ans
l,,orier's l1o,i diamond, for the parpose p,oss,,
TTomoving pane Of glass so nH,Is,'SI So So. n
- Il, should be necessary u 70 ,ro,ybar 30 1 9
u lit II also snO included small 'r0wO'r
jimmy. ,,o;ch stayed late at hl
,,,S o on certain nights and. od dnSwin foT n,
,his .aI0 f fact, one night clealeu deuned ,e m
TINS .inS smudged my face; tortS aGnneu sv tn II
old, old 'lTanTs Saor, which, like all the he, door on
"a nSclR Browns o terrace opened 0"' 0H
back lane. nh;ch | intended I
rrIs The ras now wrapped i9 in ths dsrSn1s nur.
From ,,..," that fSSs nues had retired to rest