The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31
POINTS FROM A BURGLAR.
Advice Which Householders May Take al
Given in Good Faith or the Reverse.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Thomas Simpson. alias tom. the Dodger."
who is known in police circles all over the coun-
try, was in town the other night, but he got
away before any of Col. Deitsch's fly coppers'
got onto him. He met several persons in a
downtown resort, and after indulginR In a few
drinks he became confidential in his talk.
Toms hints to householders were quite inter-
esting. Among those who listened to him was
was an ex-detcctive, who had often locked him
up years ago.
You see" said Tom. 1.-THE public them
selves assist US n great deal. or men in my line
wouldn't be able to bring off successfully one
tenth Of the Jobs they do now. For instance.
however careful housekeepers and their SER
wants may be with regard to window fastenings
on the ground floor, as a rule they pay little at
tention to those Of rooms upstairs. being abso-
lutely careless in many cases. for even when
the fastenings are in good order they are often
left undono. Now a man who knows his bust
ness never tries the ground floor for an entry,
unless he is perfectly we. acquainted with the
run of the house and the habits of the house,
hold; and even then he nearly always onters by
one OF the doors. for which u key has been pro-
cured. or the lock and bolts of which can easily
be forced.
What is the best window -fastener? Well.
wedges forced Town between the sashes. one
the tn v sashe si' as VI We }iPG n St the Other r"' safe feFe lodges eS
can easily be undone by cutting out a piece OF
glass; Now the wedges; II you 'tumbled at
al by cutting two holes in the glass. and then,
if properly fixed. they can't be shifted without
while on business; more especially Is this tho
case if a bell with coil spring is attached to
The, last time 1 was COPIED was through
one OF them c2il;fIring 6eIismbut not on a win.
| OppuDipl hy an eccentric Old man. Well-tO-0O.
and owning a tidy lot OF plate. The 'spotter,I
Gnr %iyG Inn ma n 2 ;Se to ory get Fo ond from %@q bN WAX Tx
tho domcstics, laying traps to catch, 'em giving
making al, Of EN- 60 to bed before he did,
Well felt as this was rather a ticklish lob,
decided to risk it, / did, and / got into the
house as easy as wlpking,, Reaching tho
kept. / hauled il from tho cupboard, and. as
everything had. gone OF so well, sat down to
t hrt0 Is ti tlTin %s; @"rk ,'4 you Know. up T hahn sat
there it,yc minutes when, bang! telt a crack
on the !, head ana nd l Gm nGS M, nothing ng{ m n%d I Until AL |
When my trial came on. and not until then.
! discovered that my capture was due to the
met that the master of the house. in order to
find out i any Of the servants came downstairs
the passages and ,staircases, about six inches
from the ground. and attached to 1t a coil
ney upstairs / had. without knowing Il. broken
the cotton and sounded the alarm. Yes. 1t was
Are there more. attempts at burglary and
house breaking during the dark days !? Yes, but
why Just then the ot-oyer-particulRr rough
laboring class get hard ny. and they are open to
take to anything from purse sliatchinG upward,
II there is even n remote chance Of making
money. The consequence is that directly an
20 forit-go Tor it without taking any, pre-
cautions and relying on brute force, the knife
or even the revolver to effect an escape II dis
turbod. That Is why there are SO many brutal
assaults, and murders by so-ealled burglars
Just ut that time Of the year.
20 course the Particnl9rSs 9S to rooms yain,
In q likely house, together sometimes with wax
impression Of keys, &c. are obtained hy tho
sp0tter,' n man who has nothing to do with the
actual burglary, but takes a share IN the haul.
nevertheless. A .,spotter, mAy be anything,
frOai n hawker calling nj the servants entrance.
the gas man come TO take tho meter. q water
inspector to see there IL any leakage; or sim;
ply the flor the time belnSl devoted follower
OF one Of the servants.
Just a remark about ladders. In large es-
tablishments ! hnyG HarticnIdrIy noticed thS
Just round tho corner. perhaps lying in the
open, are the clothes posts used for drying or
sun airing the clothes from the laundry, Now.
it's as easy TO swarm up a good square clothes
post to reach a frst-tloor window, and, when In
a hurry, it's q lump quicker to slide down one
~ tell you what will shake the nerves OF q
burglar as much as anything, and p.r'aps make
him drop his tools-that. is, kicking against q
large sheet OF SrGmpied pe%%sPa tpSnt SareinLly
sell once, and made such a noise that imme'
but II YOU yerself is frightened Of burglars
dentinlly. the hest tip ! can give you is TO la|
in d little yelping, snapplsh doe-one that VII
tTiaSn SySTy Ysf 6Im II RsSe tho 3 G Tam OF OF t Giaf house y
! there w."