The Cook County herald., 1904-01-30
TRICKS ] / OF @ < Z: n a 4 ! VES. !,
Ingenious Methods b Which They.
Evads Pursuing 0mcers. &

sons sohsnas Of sAarDers a1A TkieA.
sters wAieh Have saved Jhea
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servit.As. ss%S.,.. Al. r., r.. I I
To the habitual crimi1al it 10 Otter
of vital importance MGt he should be
able to communicate swiftly and se-
cretly with an accomphce, either to
elaborate a scheme Of rascaNty or
send q warning 3of imminent danger
from the police. Nobody knows bet
ter than he, however, by availing him
self of the orthodox channels he runs
The risk OF discovery. Hence it il
becoming q common practice for clev-
er rogues never to communicate in .
straightforward way II they can avoid
it, but, instead, to set up and use Pc
:uliar post Offices, which are essen
TALLY their own, says Cassell's Sat-
urday journal.
A typical case was that Of q man,
who was wanted" in connection with
certain notorious turf frauds. When
the warrant was issued he sought shell
ter In q shabby lodging in a back
street "ot Ave miles from the Bank of
Engla14~. He had friends who strong
~ objected to his capture, mainly be-
cause his appearance in the dock
would have led to unpleasant conse-
1uences to themselves. But they
we're all so well known to the police
and detectives that it was impossible
for them to send message directly to
the fugitive, though he had adopted an
alias, much less to pay him = visit.
All Of them, however, agreed to keep
watch on his behalf and to send him
word Immediately they had reason to
FEAR his place Of refuge was in dan
ger of discovery and the time come
or him to make final bolt.
One Of the watching gang learned Of
he coming danger to the fugitive by
Methods he saw fit not to talk about,
md carelessly sent the servant Of his
lodgings to dispatch a wire to another
If the allies in Edinburgh, to the ef.
!ect that his aunt was dead. The be-
:eaved nephew mastered his grief 30
ar al to in turn dispatch q wire &C.
:ompanied by q telegraph money Or
ler, to hostler in the city Of Lon
Ion, desiring him to send half dozen
black ties to q given address without
delay. The articles were duly taken
to the gentleman in retirement by an
unsuspecting errand boy, and the
trick was done. Every apparently in
significant detail was . part of pre-
arranged code. The Arm sending the
ties, their number and color-all con-
Keyed a hint to the person most inter-
ested a. to the safest mode of fight,
the best port at which to attempt en-
barkation, and the very street in
which he was to jostle against q sup
posed stranger who was to surrepti-
tiously transfer to him . store of
money and his passage counter~foils,
which had been taken under = false
name.
Nothing il too elaborate or ingen-
iously audacious to men playing q
game the loss Of which means penal
servitude to them. In midland town
lived in lordly style and the odor OF
outer respectability a person who was
strongly suspected Of being in league
with gang Of "smashers"-that il,
coiners-who also disposed of sham
foreign notes and did quite . brisk
business in worthless securities.
There was no doubt that, while they
were all scattered about the country,
their operations were being directed
by master mind, whom the authori-
ties had no moral doubt was identical
with the aforementioned gentleman.
who may be called Smith. Smith was
never to be seen in dubious company.
and the postman never brought him .
letter which he was not willing to af.
fably show to anybody. For months
there came to Smiths house every
morning q young milkman with q
placid smile and a shiny brow of inno-
cence. He had set himself up to<ex.
plain to his customers generally with
a legacy left to him by his uncle, and
every morning he handed = quart can
of milk in at Smiths area door-and
every morning Smiths illegal CORE
spondence was lying At the bottom OF
that quart can in a metal box, and the
stout cook who took it in (for appear
ances are shockingly deceitfuD was
one OF the most cool and daring Of all
Smiths tools, while the milkman was
another. The "smashers" had set him
up in business simply and solely that
they might have an innocent address
to which to send the missives it was his
duty to deliver.
INDIANS GETTING CIVILIZED.
The T1soersras Are 0ivaAg Up Thels
Casts0s and Lookiag Forward
to CltiseAohlD.
II 1s many years since the Tusoarora
Indians have held "condolence," .
ceremony which to the red men is
similar to the Inauguration of a presi-