The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-08
SCHEMES OF THIEVES
TRICKS or THOSE WHO oPERtr- IN
JEwELRY STORES.
The We, on~ Place Was Iompf-teIy
cleaned Ont-Ho~ show windows
Are BrsLen-t.~ttinE safe paat
Wa. BoIted q" the IIoorius.

Was BoIt~d q" the IIoorius.
\ number ~ Jrwcl,r. were diurs to-
grihcr and with tine cigars the ialk
irnrd "u ievrlry ihI-vcs aud their
| me hods
The first story was told Of ~ in
| dividuHl who was ~cou 'ouugirg about
the plate trout window of q irwpiry
store No particular attention WAS
paid to tie man az the time. hui the
| clerks recalled the incident after the
rObh,rN Ia this INSTANCE the man ap.
| pealed number of times iu front ~
the store tiuc evening ,ouu after dark
| there was suddcu crash. and 20 rob.
her WAS actively ru- srd n Uuupmg
in Jewels with % hIukcd stick IN
thirty seconds he Wu> done ami away.
| Bystaudcrs stood a. 10 pctrii,d until
the man struck uut at ran Th-u
The sturr people Hud the bys.suders
realized what had occurred ami shout
mg THIEF" started after the mau
! Tic uHu dropped h's h,g Iu" pur.
surr- stopped and seized DO" IaE. they
returned t. the Store with ih, rag m
h'vu glcr. rrmaraug Incidentally inat
tllrrc WIS no need M chasing the thief
because here we're the Z g,uds hr pro
prctur uf THE store aud nll ihr clerks
had iuiinwcd. uut having farther tp
| ~ ttHu the crowd we're brhiud and
were met by the people with tie bag
Proudly The bag WIS Opened. II rou.
tanned u brick. The tuipf had dropped
il To check the pursuit Realizing th"
trick had Succeeded. the crowd. head
ed 10y the s1le~mcu aud proprietor
went buck To- the store, uulN tu discover
that the window hat been CLEANED uf
stock aud the counters were bare uf II
number uf costly articles.
| \ policeman OH duty said thut after
the proprietor aud clerks ui the store
ran for the departing thief q neatly
dressed gentleman. with ull th" airs ot
q mcmhrr col the urm. gave directions
to two ollcr mru tu lvt lhc stuff out
of the windows uld told i.u Uuc oni
cru thul tai~ V.s hrlu- uuur us pre-.
caution against theft Willie the WW.
dow was broken ln some ir,t ,.H.S
stores there 8. Regular danger signal
I u
| week. Nhrh iav danger gong ~puuu~
one man takes his plavc ut lEc door.
another al tine Telephone to >rud weri
to the police. another with running
qualities makes Tor the door in rcaui.
ness To pursue. uud 80 on.
Among other stories ioid we're some
relating 10 the tr.ri,s AMI devices Of
ilic jcvclrN thieves. The rUhhcr often
works at night or sometimes during q
crowd 10y cutting uut q disk OF Fla -
near where some costly goods arc
shown. lie may reach iu aud secure
something aud he oil before detected
Lie hr j. quick. Sometimes he has q
tong instrument hidden under his coat
80 that lac can reach In aud pick up Il
watch. often again lie uses a simple
stick with slightly turned rud hook
inL into ring
The process Of crushing m plate
front during the intervals OF tie pa.
troll of the police. Bt the same time
making 10 noise Is done hy paSting
cloth Ur heavy paper on the glass. \
wood InRllet il used, the hammer ends
being securely bound up Ia heavy
wooden fabric stuffed with excelsior oI
Kindred material with this soft head
ed mallct 10 j. possible tp hang away
noiselessly at the glass until tlc pane
begins 10 crumblc. Unless the plate is
usually thicN an opening can bc made
without much trouble.
In recent years icwrlry thieves. ILL.,,
, bank robbers, have rcntcd quurtcr,
d | a.. tI.
aud lived there long enough 10 s,ud!
the situation. IN one case II room wa
? hired over a jcwrlry store Hrd cn
] trance effected tO the store 10y means
OF rope ladder dropped from the win
dow ~ the room to u window leading
TO u hnll iu the store portion. li an
p other case tho bar surcadcr was USED
p to open the bars of window fhl,
! device consists of a spirally threaded
, shaft lifted into two blocks, with q
central piece with a lar Tor turning
= The blocks are adjusted between Nv,
bars the central piece turned, WlIerc
upon the spiral SHAFT causes the block
c TO expand sidcwlsc, forcing the bar
( open. Then the intruder can pass In.
q 4 story was told of the rcmONul OF ,
safe ia which the proprietor of jewel
a, ry store was accustomed to put hil
= costly stock each ulght. 1t was not 1
u large safe. hut exceedingly strong, an,
. because OF It's light weight a numbc
of bolts We're put through tie finOr auI
connected with the safe bottom. TN
L proprietor often 'uid that thieves coul'
% not take the safe uulcss iilry took foo
Il ana all. Nu long Ertor the store wa
II entered, AMI. behalf. the thieves ha'
G sawed Out the SECTION uf thr hoor 4
p which the safe was fixed 'lhc SAT
q was bound up with rope. the latte
J. passed un'lcr the separated section u
e flooring. and. wien the boards wcr
o. sawed through. safe, toor and all wer
\ lowered into the basement ana readil
moved out through the basement dool