Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-06-12
wATCHDoG'S WEAK POINT.
A BurGiar Tells Iii> secret For >ooth-
ing tho Most SAVAGE Drute>.


James seymour an OLD burglar who
has spent most 81 his life ii the state
prisons Of New York ana New Jersey
for house area king. has just begun am
other ten years. term Tor joins commit
Ted in Mount Vernon Pelham ana 9th
er suburban towns. Chief felvS found
II houses which Soy attempted a.
enter. aud Se1 Haur WAS convicted 81
getting into two of them aua carry .u-
away 4 lot of SiNerWare ana clothing
In both houses large vatchdoc>
were kept on guard. aud chief Foley
and the owners Mere az Il loss to under
stand how tie burglar could have pricd
open the windows without causing
them TO bark and arouse the house
holds. Curiosity finally led the chief
TO question Seymour. and the old bur
glar gave him the recipe just before lie
left for Sing Sin- prison,
Getting past dogs is dead easy If you
know how To 20 about il, sud tile bur
glar ''Old crooks understand the trick
So well that its not often dog butilcrS
them. lie may give few =rowIs il
he's in the house. but there's way 10
quiet him quick. Some people are fool
ish enough 70 think that burglars carry
steak. chops. dog bread or something Of
the kind about III their pockets To- feed
the critters with or that they chluro-
form them. but this is a mistake.
All We have 10 do is IL hunt up a
horse just before we start on the job
and rub our hands scv eral times up
and down one of Ills legs at the same
matter what kind of an old skate lac
is. There's something about the scent
OF horses fetlock that viii make amy
dog your friend the minute he smells
ii. I've tried 1t dozens OF times. ana
it never failed"
Seymour then told how lie got into Il
house in New Jersey which was guard
ed by four OF the iicrccst bulldogs lac
ever saw.
Il knew that the brutes We're there
and that they We're likely To make ME
trouble" said he. so just before |
tackled the place l stopped along the
street and rubbed my hands a good
five minutes on the fctlocks of an old
horse that was hitChed To a cab stand
ing In front OF a rumshop. Then l
made for the house and began careful
like to pry open the window TO the din
Ing room.
1T was moonlight. and / could see
all of them silver shining on the side
board. but il looked like Il mighty
risky job to try to get il with them
four ugly brutes stretched out a-guard-
ing il. But things were slow with me.
and | was determined not to let the
chance 20 by. so | sawed the catch
and then raised the sash easy so as not
to make any noise
"Once or twice one of tile dogs gave
low growl and had to lay low. but
when finally got the sash mp enough
TO shove in my hands ii was all over.
The minute they smelied them up they
got and came over TO the window and
began licking my fingers. When l got
In. they never made n growl. hut fol-
lowed me around the room like pet
lambs while / gathered up the silver
ware and dropped IL in my bag"
but what is there about the fctlock
of a horse that attracts the dogs =
asked Chief Foley.
you've got me" responded Seymour.
81 never heerd anybody explain il. The
receipt was give To me 10y an old man
In Trenton prison that used to steal
dogs, and I've been using L ever since
when occasion requires. 1t works
fine that | believe l could take the
watchdogs away with me after | rob
the houses if | wanted to be bothered
with the brutes. New York sun.