The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-10
He PLAYED BURGLAR
Buy ne DID IT INNoCeNTLY AND
DID IT ARTlSTlCALLY AS WELL.
The Plausible scheme by which a
Safe Expert Was Fooled and Used
by Trio of Notorious Cracksmen
TO Get ut Their Plumber.

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Would you be we'll qualified TO Play
the bur-lars"
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safe mouse was ro'oeu q SeNeF1I 1hou-
sand dollars which had been taken IN
too late in tae day to be banked.
81 was tn business then in another
city. was sitting smoking 1T my
shop door about O'Clock one evening
when messenger hoy came with
note on Tie letter paper OF a we'll
known house asking me to come at
once with uly tools 10 the office of the
firm.
THE office was lighted M. and
portly, oSperouS looking man sat al
roll tep desk. while two clerks,
perched o. stools were working ST
Solae books.
~ am Mr. - said the portly one,
giving the name Of the head Of the
firm. Something has gone wrong with
the safe. ana want you 10 open it
The combination is G27-45. but some
thing must have broken inside, for il
Won't open, and we have got 10 set
some books cut Of the safe tonight
As tried the combination which the
man had given me he explained that he
had locked tie safe when he went out
to dinner and was unable 70 open il
when he came back.
1t was one Of those alum filed
safes. aud suspected rust had done its
work inside.
Nothing 10 10 bur drill it open
said l.
Go ahead S2id the po-tly one. and
don't keep ne here any longer than you
can helm.
with thar he turned 10 his desk. and
I worked away unsuSpectiuSly. There
was dead silence except when the uan
at the deSN spoke 70 enc q the ether
az the CLERKS about some account. and
the trcad a the policeman On that beat
could be heart IS be passed the otice.
Il did net 7eal.-e until afts-ward hist
! was WORKING out q view q the pass-
ing policeman. fc- The S&te was behind
the bookle,Yeg'S iesk. bur the shades
were ur sud The man st ;he rol tc7
desk and tie booSkeeVe-< could he
plainly seen from the street.
i got CUT MY b.;S adjusted the
brace. and >oon steel was biting steel,
but the sound Of the ratchet was drown
II bv the click q the Typewriter. 70
tie porl,v marty began debating u che
o. the CLERKS as soon - / began drilling
the safe. When thought il all over
sfterwari. i Occurred 10 ne that this
We 10 cover the sound q my opera-
tons
In ha.t au hour had hole IN the
f7ou, a. tbs safe. and = little ulanipu-
lation sot the tumblerS into place. and
the door swung open.
Here yea are. sir said l. and the
portlv man came around to the safe.
we neatly done. he said You'd
msSe soe3 burglar.
Blu, the sound q the ratchet would
bring The '1oUS said /
True, remarked the man apd,
drawing or III. q bins Ne aSacsc
ne 50
Is thar vishtE he ASKED.
quite 7--it. 9ej'.'ed '>-'s--. come
n the ule-H.aE 70 * he s@teE
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e7S a. TIE Ss.te attend e II
As ] gathered VI nv io2-S the pert
y uS0 c,7se'f1 one q t2e e's1as 10
SET en- tie tN'oSS ios' we've ns<N-s'1-
aad g Wen 3s'1N 70 ne ot>N-
Il trun''.ei p&eS % MY SAop' uee'.
i1s TIE I-a.lesi-ian 81 ne corner sao
wa'le W@S S'&1d-aS ea@''-2- VIZ
I'm toe To same GU q me o1-'e
You c21 come down 81 1o-r -@ter
thar uS'a N he morning. sid TIE
po-ty E,&2 = L e-lllt<1- into l@a-
SON t,EI c~o rolled NJ n ne o,-ce,
Sn1 Shouting ne n&ue q We.
known c.co . ne driver. ae "a 50
tHs doors q s1c waS driven SwS!
Before nom TIE next cAy tie 10
hcsn21 when had talked with S1t
$ detective cS-s into ~ soy,
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