The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-27

BURGLAR 1901 Makers
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When Dutch Gus. one Of thu mos
szpsrt and dangerous hank burglara
vas captured . few years ego Thu
mos oomplete set OF burglar toch
sver made was found In hts posses.
SION and IL now lends addsd interest
70 tAs collection Of burglar nipple.
ments On exhibition st police bod.
QuAPteeA
Dutch Gus snid he made his tools
himself and could rival any tool
maker In the country. In following
up The suggestion given BY him
when he was put through tho third
degrea made famous BY former
CHIEF Of Police ByrncA the police
learned that al the cracksmen Of
the higher class depend entirely
upon themselves for tools they 70
Quire In cracking safes-
The police were for many years 1t
. loss - learn where BURGLAR -
cured the tools 20 necessary 70 their
tradA Although complete sets OF
tools were repeatedly captured when
. noted safe worker was arrested,
the ncxt arrest would BE- followed By
the discovery Of IN equally valuable
set OF tools 10 was not long before
Steve O'Brien. Phil Reilly. Jake
Won Gerichfen and Charles Heidel-
berg discovered. quite BY accident
. small cellar shop in Blocker
street. wherein IN old German tool
maker ground out the finest imple-
ments Of the burglars stock in trade.
Down IN . basement near tho cor
ner Of Mott street. and within . |
stone . throw Of police headquarters,
this German toolmaker conducted q |
small and apparently Improbable
business Finally the headquarters
whose duties took them
down around headquarters ct night
that the old German had
many customers after the tenement
house jewellers had forsaken the
sidewalks and sought their hard and
uncomfortable couches for the night
The detectives made . quiet inves-
'ieation and reported their discov-
,ries to former Chief Of Police
3yrnes, who was then making the
'ecord for the detective bureau Of
he New York police force which |
las made IL famous the world over.
3yrnes was not slow 70 realize what
ras going on. and although the law
ave the chief of the detective
'ureau no right to interfere With
he old mans business moral sua-
ion was used and the trade pursued
y the German toolmaker was tro-
en- mp and nobody has since tried 70
mild up business in that particu-
v line.
George lcCluskey said, when I
sked him where the burglars Of the
igher class secured their tools, .
sw days ago: The burglars make
heir tools now. although formerly
sey were made by various toolmak-
- about the city. The tools In use
day arc far different from those
hich were used to crack . safs 20 Z
,ars ago. Then Il would almost J
ke . truck to carry the assortment
tools, but now the bank burglar
n stow away In . corner Of his =
'cket tools enough TO crack any =
fe in the country. ?
"Of course. when they require !,
me tool Of intricate design, they q
} 70 . toolmakef. but the general G
n Of tools they arc thoroughly c. o
bile Of making themselves Most "
the 6no work ON safes now n
ne with the diamond drill and
Mantle A hole Is drillsd In thu
fe door. just above the combina-
% lock. . charge of dynamite il
serted and then the combination
blown apart and the door opens.
% diamond drill and dynamite can
carried in . mans pocket Safe =
rglaries and vault robberies have !
en- few and far between Of late
an. - most Of the really clever
'rkers arc in state prison, where
~ arc out Of the way Of tempta-
q. New York Herald. r.