The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-08-10
SCHEMES OF THIEVES
TRICKS or THOSE WHO OPERATE IN
JEWeLRr STORES.


earned CA jcwclry thieves ana ui''r
mWhodS,
rbr first story was told of an IN
diymnul who was seen loungUlE a'""'
fine plate front window of J'W'Ir! I.
STORE 40 particular attention was .
paid TO the man III th" time Nu' INC .
clerks recalled the incident ait'r the .
robbery. In this iuStal,cc the man up.
prarrd number Of times III lr"h' "'
fla. siorr Onr evening soon after uaFN
,hrrr WAS "A sudden crash ami ron .
her was actively engaged i'll S'"'P'llN
IN Jewels with hooked Su'k' III
thirty seconds he was dome Ahd away
lNstnudrrs stood rs ii pctlillcd uhllI
the man struck ont ut Il run h'"
fine store people and the hyNtand'rS
realized what had occurred ana shout
ing "rhlct" started after the man
The man dropped his bag. The rur'
eucrS stopped and seized tile bag. l"'E
returned tu the store with the bag III
Lirn uIcr rrnarkiug incidentally that
there was no need in chasing the tI''i
h,,au~r here were the goods. me pro-
r,.,,,r uf the store and all the clerks
had followed, but, having farther TO
un than thr crowd. were behind ana
were met hy the people with the pas'
Proudly the bag was Opened IL con,
turu,d a brick The thief had dropped
il to check the pursuit, Realizing the
trick had succeeded, the crowd, hrau'
,d hy the statesmen and proprietor
went back to the store, only to discover
that the window had been cleaned ol
stock and the counters were bare OF
number of costly articles.
\ policeman Oh duty SAID thal ai''r
fine pruprirtor and clerks Of the store
ran for the departing thief neatly
dressed gentleman, with all the airs VI
n member 1T the firm, gave dlr'cuohs
Ia Two other men to get the stun OUT
of fine windows and told him lthe OIL
crrl that this was being done as IL pre-
cau,uu against theft while the VIII
dow was broken. In some nrst class
stores there is REGULAR danger signal
ARRANGED, and the men are drilled 'atl'
week When the danger gong souIus
ono man takes his place at tile door,
another az the telephone To srhu wore
t. the police, another Win rulN'l.-
nualiticS makes for the door in readi
urss to pursue. and 80 on
Among other stories told were soIIi'
relating to the tricks ana devices o'
,h. i,wrlv thieves. The robher oitel
works AZ NIGHT OF sometimes during
crowd hy cutting out DISK ul r!Ias'
r,ur where some costly goods ar
shown. lie may reach in ana secure
snunrtniug and be of before detected
If he j. quick, Sometimes lie has
Tong instrument hidden under his coa'
So that hr can reach in and pick VI
watch. Oftrn again he uses Il sllllI
stick with a slightly turned end HOOK
iug into Il ring.
The process of crushing in plat
front during the intervals OF the pa
troll OF the police, III tie same N!4'
making 10 noise, is done 10y lWsth
cloth or heavy paper on the glass
wood mallct is used, the hammer enc
being securely bound W in heaN
Noolcu fabric stuffed with excelsior
kiudrrd material With this soft hea'
ed mallct il is possible To bang ava
uoisrlrs>ly ~ the glass until tie lai
ncg.us 10 crulublr Unless the plate
USUALLY thick an opening can be ma,
without much trouble, -,
Ii recent years jcwelry thieves III
bank robbers, have rented quartz
near the place they intended 10 II
and lived there long enough 10 sue
Tie situation, III one case Il room WI
hired over u icWclry store ana =
trance effected TO the store 10y meal
Of q rope ladder dropped from the WI
dow Of the room 10 u window leadl!
10 hall Ia the store portion, III II
other case the bar sllcaIrr was us
To- Omen the bars of 4 window, IL
device consists of Il sprally thread
shaft lifted into two blocks, with
central piece with bar Tor turhl
The blocks are adjusted between "
bars. IN. central piece turned WheI
upon the spiral shaft causes the uloc
10 expand sidcWisv, forcing tie Ia
open. Then the intruder 'ah i"ss III
\ story was told of the removal OF
safe IN which the proprietor OF Jew
ry store WAS accustomed 10 put
costly stock each night, 1t was moi
large safe, but exceedingly strong Il
because II its light weight num'
of bolts We're put through the floor 4
connected with the safe bottom.
proprietor often said that thieves co
mot take the safe unless they took Il
and all. Not long after the store v
entered and. behold, the thieves
sawed out the section of the floor
which the safe was fixed. The 5
was bound up with rope the la'
passed under the separated section
flooring. and. when the boards W
i 9 ~ Il al