The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-05
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POINTS FROM A BURGLAR.

Advice Which Householders May Take
 as Given in Good Faith or the Re- verse.
 Thomas Simpson, alias From, the Dodger," who is known in police cir clescles all over the country, was in town the other night but he got away before any of Colonel Deitsch's "fly coppers" got on to him. He met seve- ral persons in down. town resort, and after indulging in a few drinks he be- came confidential in his talk. Toms hints to householders were quite inter- esting. Among those who listened to him was an ex-detective, who had of- ten locked him up years ago.
 You see," said Tom, 'the public themselves assist us a great deal, or men in my line wouldn't be able to jobs they do now. For instance, how ever careful housekeepers and their
 
 dow fastenings on the ground floor, as rule they pay little attention to those of rooms upstairs, tbeing absolutely careless in many cases, for even when the fastenings are in good order they are often left undone. Now man who knows his business never tries the ground floor for an entry, unless he is perfectly well acquainted with the run of the house and the habits of the household; and even then he nearly al- ways enters by one of the doors, for which a key has been procured, or the lock and bolts of which can easily be forced.
 What is the best window-fastener Well, there aint none any good, unless it's two wedges forced down between the sashes, one on each side of the win- dow. The screw to fix the sashes, as well as the other safe dodges, can cas- fly be undone by cutting out piece of glass. Now the wedges, if you 'tum- bled' at once that there were wedges, | could only be got at by cutting two holes in the glass, and then, if properly fixed, they can't be shifted without making more noise than we care about doing while on business; more especial ly in this the case if a bell with a coil spring is attachedto the window "The last time I was 'copped' was through one of them coil-spring bells but not on window. It was like this: The house went for was occupied by I an eccentric old man, well-to-do and | owning tidy lot of plate. The spot ter I employed managed to get round | and walk out with one of the servants, ter was very suspicious of the domes- tics, laying traps to catch em giving | away dripping or odds and ends, and so on, and making all of 'em go to bed | before he did.
 Well, I felt as this was rather a | ticklish job, but, as I'd got key made | to fit the back door, decided to risk it | I did, and I got into the house as easy as winking.' Reaching the drawing room, where knew the plate was kept | I hauled it from the cupboard and, as
 everything had gone off so we'll, sal
 down to have a hest before packing il up-wallSing on tiptoe is tiring work you know. I hadn't sat there five nlin- utes when, bang! I felt crack on the head, and l knew nothing more until | found myself tied hands and feet and | two policemen standing over me.
 When my trial came on, and not un- til then, I discovered that my capture l tn fp a oetn nf the house, in order to find out if any | of the servants came down stairs after | he had retired had placed cotton across
 the passages and staircases, about six
 inches from the ground, and attached
 to it coil-spring bell fixed in his bed | room. Tn my journey up stairs I had
 without knowing it, broken the cotton 1 and sounded the alarm. Yes, it was 6 neat cop
 Are there more attempts at burgla. | ry and house. breaking during the darl days? Yes, but why? Just then the
 not-over-particular rough laborins
 class get hard up, and they are open tc 1 take to anything from purse snatchins upward, if there is even a remote | chance of making money. The conse. | quence is that directly an opportunity
 offers to carry out a burglary, they 'gc for it'-go for it without taking any precautions and relying on brute force | the knife or even the revolver to effect | an escape if disturbed. That Is why 1 there are so many brutal assaults anG
 murders by so-called burglars just al | that time of the year.
 "Of course the particulars as tt rooms, valuables, locks, windows ant l habits of those living in a likely house l together sometimes with wax impress
 sions of keys, etc., are obtained by tht i spotter, mafl who has nothing to dt
 with the actual burglary, but takes {
 share in the haul, nevertheless. | 'spotter may be anything, from 1 hawker calling at the servants en | trance, the gas man come to take the
 meter, a water inspector to see if there
 is any leakage, or simply the (for the
 time being) devoted follower of one O l the servants.
 Just remark about ladders. II
 large esta ablishments have particular ly noticed the care with which all lad ders are locked up, while just round tn, l corner, perhaps lying in the open, ar, | the clothes posts used for drying ol sun airing the clothes from the laun | dry. Now, it's as easy to swarm up l good square clothes post to reach { | first-f1oor window, and, when in a hur.
 ", it's Imp quicker to slide down ont 1 than down a ladder.