The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-09
CHICAGO BURGLARS.
now THEY BECAME EMINENT ETEN
IN THAT CITY.
Handy Andy's Critical Literary Taste sna
Love OF Notorietv-Charley sehiaders
hannsrs, the sIppery-one-ar-sa Raaxio.

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much in dealing with burglars. The story has
zone the rounds of q well-knovn Paris clubman,
who, upon returning at q very early hour to his
spartments, found q heavy set individual put.
ting a lot Of his valuablee into . bag. without
removing hs monocle from his eye or appar-
entity being the least put out;
81 have not the honor Of knowing you, mon
.isur, " he says 10 the stranger. but l presume
you are . burglar"
"The same, monsieur, At your service" re-
plies the cracksman, equally at ease.
MAY I ask, then, NJ. Burglsrsto what I owe
the honor Of this visit ."
ITO the fact that you were supposed to be At
your club; a place-pardon me for saying So
where q man Of your reputation certainly ought
TO be at such an hour. How was I TO know that
you would be back At this unearthly season ?"
IL quite agree with you," rejoins the club
man. your error reflects no discredit upon
your professional reputation, which. l have no
doubt, is very high, but since I have returned
Gil you be go good a. 10 retire7"
"%!:s pleasure monsieur"
Have . cigar 2"
"with additional pleasure. monsieur" and 30
with mutual assurances of respect the clubman
and his unlimited guest part company.
This story IL quite good enough TO be fcti-
tious, as Is also another of the American rail-
way manager who, upon hearing noises down
stairs In the night at his suburban residence,
Nht1 IL MS sOVh @hN hbAo NV
men sitting at his dining room table drinking
his choicest wine and smoking his best cigars.
The manager coughs deferentially as he enters.
"Ahem. burglars. presume"
sbout to nre when he Is stopped By his oompap-
ions, both OF whom turn out to be sollegs grad.
seated, re- one OF his own Sigars with
conversation on the merits OF burglary as a pro-
fessiOn, maintaining that equal talent aud equal
industry, IL applied in some lawful calling,
Npul1 hiring much RTpatPF rnNnFnq Tha tvn
young collegfans-the fourth member Of the
t eSS%R honor rs " tbedr IN pr rne With becomfna
warmth In argnmenls freely sprinkied with
sons about boz whom burglars are not supposed 10
know anything. and 80 matters run along until
sTdd the three mem pS are Securely Sandcufed and
led away, while the manager sums up his case
against the burgling profession aud bids them
Thi. sounds improbable enough, perhaps, but
ar SbS1S q C-hlSSse"pfoSsbly Il was Oak Park
not so long ago. under Gircgmstances almost
The house thought he heard burglars in tho
house. reconnoitred until he became convinced
The Il Il police ans went went n downs . saihssis and tsfis Engaged t iGs
men In an entertaining conyersation until the
That burglars are frequently men Of superior
education Is a well-established fact 1t takes q
at that Dust as the railroad manager in
sistedl. to achieve any decent success as
sri@ 9dFsiat annals nis a s'a aHsnds x xnG s and Hh io
had a brilliant career in this town some twenty
Gated type. He used frequently. when making
aprotessional call. TO spend a pleasant half hour
pened to fancy. and. making annota,ionsI in the
margins. A gentleman on the North side
copy OF Shakespeare, in which Mr. Andy wrote
along the margin Of the scene In the Merchant
Of Venice =" describing the robbery OF shylock
This act toward an old father, who. what
ever his faults. had mono so far as his daughter
was concerned. always seemed to me most
shameful. YET several Christian generations
Handy left n lieu cf certain family plate, a
which he took away on the occasion OF his visit.
When Handy marked . book he was always
be sure TO find it the next morning. Burglars,
as a rule, are vain folk. The burglar loves to
paper prints an account OF q burglary, no mat
ter how small or how , laTFs;; l IL Is s ssf a., 70 ls say t ons
the next morning.
Handy was tnSrdinstely vain or his SnG1es,
this vanity which was finally his undoing. HI
took to writing sdysns &c nG nISs; to 1 his in = yisit
might be expected, and, true TO his word. never
ih%iass i to this Fl S %.g naf H. had ai . TSsS os th aSs; coa atsd-
crates, but did all the most dificult parts OF the
msn an. 5i% ss:f ~ Rsss5 r lssEiRs iS It. t ass ,d] 'SaR59 sf.
p~ractised, hand; More than cnce. he, robbed
o oa0t the prem premise. sser Watching for him. On one
occasion tTo pSlicssm s.n TsTs E "a c in on a
when a third onicer, who was unknown
after talking with them a Wills s5out the mys-
i sagiss u. nen ~. t that e s1e ssfi %s8 wa: air ali right.
When he failed 10 return In the course OF a half
aroa,. erS and sr Upon invesiieaiiOn they found t6as
the house had been robbed under their very
given By the Stranger, The police at last 80
Learned all Of Hsndy's enryss-t9r there +:
most Ingenious and conscientious burglar can
deyise-and he was eaptured-
b bars. h 6CwsEsr Handy S5s T wil not Ss i S0Ss; I kSo sI,
a. the city fail upon the person OF OGicer James
Ssrlin; C,arii5' who was What Il known T as a
successful in screwing secrets ont OF he breast;
Of eriGtnsis: was seat to inisFvisT hSaSy; s ans
Nth ali his booty Handy iSs R9,itf1y 6Ss Hr@ItSS
need ali the funds he could supply 70 light his
case through the courts. Threats and psrsua-
,SqD.S Tsr % sIG:i. ... aHavA 81 sr: and Gs5liP That Sst
he failed % notice the s6Senes ,S ot fae
,'aT lneR h called ss'A'i hi. Sn' a%tt sas on the 70 S'h Il.
lie took a squad OF men aud hurried back
s-archsd and the missing star nnaily recovered.
ta7 grs cS upon FROM, @n"R HabdS ANDY nddyho who had
@Aif 5fssrsf Il as y a Joke on ne SSfiesi. How il
~as done nobody but Handy knew, as the inter
tween them and Handy standing at a little win
Cow less than a foot square.
The name Handy Andy" was transferred
from The man who had made il famous 70 ON
Ger CarliA as the original owner had no further
I-s FOR it'hAVing teen convicted in spite OF the
trFareHtly unlimited funds supplied for bis de-
fence, and sent 70 the penitenuAry Tor . long
term of year..
Another burglar who made Chicago the Geld
q his endeayOT. and was only less famous
Ia drrss. xith : smooth round face aud Jet
black hair some policeman, whoss native
home was the fatheFland. gave him the name OF
"SchirdrrhAnnesa" This unWieldy cognomen
org ually belonged 10 a highwsyman ShoIesled
Tribute uu the hIgn and los in a most ANALOGOUS
ia.1.uu. and who was At length captured ana
y-y properly hung. The only excuse for apply
irg the lame 70 the chicago burglar EAS the tact
Tat lie vas n German extraction ms hIst
name wa Charley, and he Was s5Hsumes
rTHh-u o. a. Charley Schlnderhanness: As
e. I'D meUBb-r m fhe foFc~ recalls him De was