Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-01-05
DARING TRICKS OF THIEVES.
Projects by Which Clever Burglars Have
Acquired Other Persons Property.

That the successful burglar is born.
not made may be judged from the re-
port of a case which recently came he
fore the Berlin courts. The assistants
ut large halrdressers shop on arriving
early one morning found a placard on
the shutters bearing the inscription
closed on account of sudden death.
I Thinking that the proprietor, Herr JAS
kowalk, had died in the night the as
sIstants returned home. but later in the
day some of them went back TO the
shop. They then found, to their aston
| lshment, says London Tit-Bits, their
| master seated al his desk making a list
OF goods stolen from his saloon. Know
ing that the assistants arrived early, the
| burglars, three in number, put up the
placard in ORDER that they might not he
disturbed.
Somewhat similar, though even more
daring, was the ruse of n clever gang of
international thieves which. a few wears
ago, robbed firm of London goldsmiths
OF goods worth $4,000. Aware that n
Waterman was not kept on the premises
and that the principal and employees of
the firm lived in outlying suburbs. the
| burglars waited until 8 o'clock on an
! evening which was both wet and dark
The shop had been closed about an hour,
and the thieves, carefully made up TO
resemble the men whose premises they
were about to ranSack, deliberately
turned on a flood of light and affixed
notices TO the windows: Great stool,
taking sale! Twenty per cent. off all
marked prices. Goods sacrificed to make
room for new seasons stock
Policemen on the beat. thinking they
saw the proprietor and his assistants APP
parently hard at work checking their
goods, suspected nothing, and the bur
glars safely escaped with their booty to
the continent.
y clever burglars ruse, showing care
| full study of the habits of the victim.
was recently reported to the police 1t
is the custom of a bushes sman who re-
sides at BriXton and has his offices in
Queen Victoria street to leave home ev-
cry morning and not return until dinner.
Recently his wife received an anony-
nous letter which informed her that her
husband instead of working in his office,
frequently went to a Charlng Cross tea
shop accompanied by young lady BY
the same post the husband received
letter which gave the information that
while he was AT his office his wife spent
her time at a tea shop in the neighbor-
hood af Charing Cross
Husband and wife, bent on catching
each other redhanded, FASTENED to Char
ing Cross and proceeded to the tea shop
indicated in the tea shop indicated in
the anonymous letters. Judge of their
surprise when they came face to face,
There was Il mutual explanation. Hus-
band and wife then came TO the concur
sion that some one had been playing a
| joke ON them. They thought no more of
| the matter and decided to end the day
| by a cosy dinner before returning home
When they did return to their house they
/ found the place ransacked and the most
| valuable articles missing The husband
rushed away to his office, only to find
the same confusion there The burglars
had made good hauls, both at the house
and the Office
During a round of inspection the pro-
prietor of hotel situated on the Grim
sci Pass, Switzerland. was astonished to
see smoke issuing from one of the Chin
neys of the hotel. which he had carefully
locked up and left for the winter months
He unlocked the door, entered and, at
tracted by the sound of a piano. went
into one of the best bed sitting rooms.
There he found young man, decked out
in borrowed clothes, playing and sing
ing. The stove was lighted, and on the
tables were bottles of his best cham
pagnes and other delicacies. The piano
and large bookcase had also been
dragged into the room.
For the last month"; said the youth
full burglar, on seeing the proprietor Il
| have been thoroughly enjoying myself.
| never had such good time in my life.
| do not mind going TO prison now, and
| hope you will forgive me" The jovial
burglar put on a coat and hat. took a
! last glass of champagne. then followed
the proprietor to the hotel police station
! in the valley