Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-01-04
DARING TRICKS OF THIEVES
Projects by Which Clever Burglars Have
Acquired Other Persons Pronertv

That the successful burglar is s.horn
not mace may be judged from the re-
port OF a case which recently came he
fofe the Berlin courts. The assistants
at large halrdresser's shop On arriving
early one morning found ! 6'acard 6i3
the shutters bearing the inscrintion
NJ SioSed on account of sudden DEATH
Thinking that the proprietor. Herr las
koWaik, had died in the night. the as
Slstants 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 at his desk making a list
OF goods stolen from his saloon. Know
ing that the assistants arrived early the
burglars, three in number, put un the
piacard IN order that they might not be
disturbed. ~
Somewhat similar, though even more
uarlhg' was the ruse OF clever gang of
international thieves which, few Years
ago, robbed firm of London goldsmiths
OF goods worth $4,000. Aware that a
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
We're about to ransack, deliberately
turned on a flood of light and affixed
notices to the windows: Great stock
taking sale! Twenty per cent. off all
marked prices. Goods sacrificed to make
room for new seasons StOck''
Policemen OH the beat, thinking they
saw the proprietor and his assistants ap-
parently hard at work checking their
goods, suspected nothing, and the bur-
glars safely escaped with their booty to
the continent.
A 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 Charing Cross tea
shop accompanied by a young lady. By
the same post the husband received a
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 III
the anonymous letters. Judge of their
surprise when they came face to face!
There was a mutual explanation. Illus
band and wife then came to the cOnclu-
sion that some one had been playing q
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 a hotel situated on the Grim
sci Pass, Switzerland, was astonished to
see smoke issuing from one of the CHM
news 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 cut
in borrowed clothes, playing and sing
ing. The s1.ove was lighted, and on the
tables were bottles of his best cham
naenes and other delicacies. The piano
and a large bookcase had also been
dragged into the room.
.'EOr the last month";" said the youth
ful burglar, on seeing the proprietor, Il
have been thoroughly enjoying myself.
I never had such a good time in my HE;
I do not mind going to prison now, ana
7 hone Won will forgive me-" The jovlal
burglar put on a coat and hat. took a
last class of champagne. then followed
the proprietor to the hotel police station
in the valley.