The sun., 1902-07-27
GrRM,N THIrIES VINO MI.
Wan, Here Now Their Headlines To sis>
Nttribut esi TO Atheism.

| Their" J. reason, In IA" opinion ~ expert
/ thief ra;Chers. to believe that most Ut IN"
| ac's pf violence committed hy burglars
| IN and about New York In the lasi few week >
| have l-er 'he work Of one class Of criminals
/ TNi- cll.- ,- known to the I.nli,,' a. German
thicve-
rha American thief - like the English
tIisT and tho Irish crook In that he hest
ta'cs 2, 'Is'' violence save IA Cgt~ss - great
danger 'o himself M"si thieves. especially
lou-.hr.nksrs carry pistols when er gagged
on a Ioh. bu, the pistol II mon" t"r %"
purpu-" II intimidation than anyihirg "l~'
~, German thief j. entirely diN"r"r'
from the others H" carries "a gun for IA"
p.rtp~. - using " on any on" Who puts
IN. life nr hi- liberty, especially m" latter
In danger lie viii uSe tho gun on IN"
slightest provoca'ion. and Invariably shoots
To- Kill
Almost all German thieves are housr-
breakers Detectives IN this city say that
ca l-.r tyut uf the hou-.' hurslarie~ that
occur here are tho work ~ German thieves
MANY aai r1l'S'ri"- are the work ~ r"groe-,
Who lsluug especially IN th" class known
la tho police as snsaks
Th"rs i hardly police defective ~ -
~, ,.Y,.s m this Citv who does not leiicN"
That ,la latim.r killing IN BROOKLYN Wa
tho work II German crook The Job
h.r. all the eurmdtk- l. wss similar ip
many other shootings committed under h'
snw" conditions hy German crooks
Tuiy N"y'r. "a" murderer ot 'h" old
church bsll ringer m BROOKLYN th" mur
,cr-r of Policeman Smith, who ceIgh' him
rnhhing the poorluN Of 'athoh" church
IN Manhattan, and probably th" murderer
- number of other p'rsun-. vns 'ru"
tv'va of the German ~. ok t'ro"nWsl,
hanged Vcar- ago W. lavuuud street Jai,
IN BROOKLYN for "a mur,i,r similar q" hat
- Iat4uer. we're Others of the sam" strip
They wrrr men VITO would shoot man,
woman oT child without moments h"-l.
tatlon IL caught ~ "a robbery They w'i"
mon VINO shot Ia Kill and after killing th"y
ta,,rl Death themselves With amazing III
disrrrn,,, ~ hon IA" law condemned them
MANY detective. nnd IN this latter char.
ac'.risiiC an explanation of thew 'llinsn"s-
- German 'hi.Vss To shoot ani kill without
lcsts'iou They .av that th"~" mon ar"
al aiN-is'~ that ihcv Kill oih"rs with ~"
,anc indifference that they FAC" death
thcirs"lv"s
Thov point 80 tho numh"r 81 German
.,,cf.,.s A. prpof of 'hi- The IrfinRn
,r'.,c- will bold tn NE. ~ long n th"v ran.
liIling uihcr- NJ order to lcugth'u their
own tavs h'r unc,' they s.e the end has
,ni.. ,fcv are stoical and fearless
,hlypu.-ilv l..haNiug that u ~ The "nd e
all things i'r them. Detectives hnd that
German CROCK. yr,'f-r death 10 imprisun-
r...rt and are not deferred !rum billing
t-,plr v Lu cnTiurr th,w 10y th" lear Il
cNcrution n 'hieNcs of all other CLASSES are
4 d.'e,tIN" uu th" s'aN II iapt TITUS
nf 'hi- CITY told reporter IN" ether dGy
that there W~r" more German crooks along
tro Ruw.ry now than there had been fuf
N"Gr-
-Nuu can End dozens - them around
the lodging HOUSES b" aid. many of them
Voung m,t - - and ~ They hang TO.
gcthrr tc,aus.' thieves 81 other nat tiunaliics
will not work with them
-Am"rIcan thieves arr not fond 81 hang
ing and the Germans pruneness to shoot
l. we'll known tu them. A Gr' man vii
MI rather than h. captured and risk a term
M iT.s,n
An American thief, ~ ia,' any other
! md ~ thief will take dos-n terms rather
than fac, n charge ~ murder rhA, -
h~causr away down deep m HIM j. ,h. fear
- 1Dd which doesn't -iist IN the GermaL
al az