Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-24

move until they had finished their work
and got of with all OF her precious relics
The police found nothing until this last
discovery placed in their hands a part OF
what had been taken.
When a servant has been left in charge
OF an apartment. the same general method
Is followed as in the case OF country villas
ms habits are studied; his acquaintance Is
made at the cafe which he frequents. hs il
nattered; his ostentation of his masters
wealth and glory gives valuable Informal
uon. sometimes when he is flushed with
drink and with success at cards ne will
even pass around his bunch Of KEYS 10
show the confidence reposed in him A
simple matchbox Allied with wax Is sufI-
Client 10 retain the impression OF an i'm
portant key. and in any case the burglar
soon has all he wants from Tho faithful
servant On the appointed night the lat
ters presence is secured elsewhere than at
MS post OF duty; and in the morning the
usual story is developed. The servant has
never been guilty of the slightest breach
OF confidence, and as this eNacts absolute
silence on his part, the police are left with
out information
Burglary in small shops demands at least
couple OF daring confederates. who have
watched things for some time. They must
lot only get safely in, which is not difficult.
IN spite OF the proprietor. who may he liy-
ing above, but they must be able TO &c.
away. through the streets with bulky bum
dies of their pilage. Here the thief must
take MS chance OF meeting with an incon-
Nenlent policeman. Sometimes his best
ruses fail him. Policemen in Paris 20 fvvo
by two; and last week one OF these pairs.
hearing pistol shot at the end OF a small
street near them, had the good sense 10 al
vide, one staying where he was ana the
other running toward the shot The latter
was just I'm time to capture a man win
nothing on him but a smoking pistol. buf
the one who stayed where ne had tr,.n
caught a man with heavy bundle sneak
ing out of an apartment house beside him
In the breaking into rooms by night Paris
would yield the palm to London or our
own American cities. 1t Is diff', ult to enter
the lofty well built Partisan houses cxccpt
through the great portal beside the con-
cierges lodge, and this, even IN thu po,r.r
quarters, is closed up tight by midnight
Then, IL the rooms to be pllagad are nr,.ll-
pied, the burglar may be interrupt "a at any
moment and forced to take % The roof or
Jump from window. As a consequence
TINS breaking into rooms is oftcner done by
day than by night.
The burglar walks rast the ianitor with n
business-like package under his arm. l.vi-
IDENTIFY he knows where he Is going and is
on an errand, or the conciergs as often
happens, may have left her loGpe aLaiD.t
her duty. OEce in the Lpp,.r st,iies Tho
crook breaks into any no M ne finds uflor.
cupied. This is not diflcult where the lower
middle-class people live together in ex-
tremely small apartments. and it is the
small savings of such people that most
often fall prey to these industrious hut
unambitious thieves. Great boldntss IS
S!io"H III all TINS ana the burglar frequent
ly works alone. 1t IS to this branch Of tho
trade that the name cambrioleurs is prom
erly applied, though 1t Is often extended 10
all burglars; camorioi=, IN the Partisan
slang, is the little chamber or lodging OF a
clerk, waiter or workman, who is absent an
the day and returns only 10 sleep in il 1t
night.
Robbers Are Actors.
In the use of tools the Partisan burglar
is not strikingly different from his foreign
brethren. His ability to do clever work
would not be thought great by his class in
America; but, on the other hand. he docs
an amount of superb acting which they
would not dream Of. when hard pressed
for escape, he is muCl. quicker AT shoV.inl,
hight than any foreign chief. Perhaps this
Is why he Is so often let alone His kit
contains little but the orIii.aly Jimmy"
which they call the -'de.rsf out" n pickIock
a lew false keys ana a matchbox filled with
wax for takinS key Impressions Goodness
and quick wit the Partisan burglar always
possesses, and he usually possesses the
courage and the temper to iight and iII
when brought to bay. A fiIrth.- 1,aculiar-
lty Is that, almost 10 "A man, the burglars
of Paris belong TO the lowest class of the
people. The trade desccHds from father to
son; 1t is a fair livins. hut ii is no. bril-
liant STERLING IiIcTT1t;