The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03
The Fine Art or Burglary.

Gone forever is tho road, improved
by the good roads movement and pa
trolled by motorcycles police. Gone for
ever II the heath. long since exploited
in building lots and villa sites fertile
in the double mortgage crop. first and
second. where the thrifty buy an equity
and call il by the sacred name Of home.
Heath and road so altered could Offer
! but tame allurement to JACK SHIP
PARD and DICK TURPIN could they but
recover from the crick net in their hon.
Ored necks. Even Black BART. the lone
rObber Of our own Sierras. has retired
from the road and il living somewhere
in retirement. but honest no longer
does he Weld to the impulse that led
him TO autograph his handiwOrk with the
dOggerel Of the Pos of the Sicrras.
II IL no, that We have grown more
honest. The prodigals OF their own
possessions still have the same hearty
appetite for alien goods. II In not even
tha. our robber folk have lost the old
and picturesque touch. IL il only that
the picture is drawn in the modern
style. The hue and cry il no longer
published To warn the countryside when
robbers are abroad. but the newspaper
il a good substitute to prove that there
vet remain voices 10 lift in hearty chorus
the ancient song of mix my dolly. pals.
fake away
Herr we have the record 81 hut
single day in the great art 81 breaking
and entering.
Close at hand, within easy committing
distance IN New Jersey. we find a bank
which mourns q loss in which appears
the delft feminine hand She was the
scrub lady OF the institution. the bottom
7Ing Of the financial scale. Her brooms,
her mons. her buckets Of soapy water
and the feather busters took possession
Of the bank each day after the president
and directors. the cashiers and the tcllcrs
had performed their fluciary functions.
NauRht could seem more honest than
mop and bucket hut the scrub lady had
m obServant eye. she caught the trick
If the vault. she dumped some pitiful
amount Of it, currency reserve into her
bucket and carried il away in innocent
s,,Iiss Her loot was no more than
g.. $50
In Richmond the post Office - occupied
all night nv clerks eSpeditinG the mailr
II j. in the heart 81 the business district
and lighted within and without II is
covered by several posts of the city
police. Yet It suffered loss. Two safes
were blown open. the crib was cracked
~ readily ~ though lights and police
were not In stamps and money The
loot was $50 600. and the robbers had Ia
have a wagon In carry OF the proceeds
Of their midnight art. The second
chapter Of this cpisnde was written in
thus city when two Of the burglars were
arr.rted and a considerable share of
their booty was recovered.
Our own law had within it, metropoIi-
tan clutch but just now three veteran
safe crackers arrested for the practice
Of their trade. and by some mischance
they were set az liberty One stands
high in the fraternity an inventor Of "a
mechanical device for the transfer Of
valuables from fancied security tn the
freedom 81 circulation. Formerly his
method was 10 intsrprci the combination !
OF safc by an ear keen to catch the click !
Of the tumblcrs While langurhing in !
prison through some mischancc he T,
recognized that deafness, even q slight
cold in the head. might impair his Use
fulnesa. Thereupon his geni'Is invented |
the can opener. an interesting tool |
whereby a strong box might be made !
TO yield its contents N readily rs a
sarCline tin its store % hcrrings
These are but three instances in |
single day. To the student Of immOrals |
they are proof that picturesque methods
yet remain Ia the ages old combat
between industry by night and thrift |
by day