The chronicle=news., 1912-12-04

zen and an ornament to society.
well. l found that boy had dis
played certain criminal instincts from
his childhood. No. he was not an
unusually bad boy. but 1t was Just
certain peculiar naughtiness. certain
queer kinks In his childish make
up. that showed his mental and nor
al bent. and that. to me. although.
OF course, his parents wouldn't admit
that anything but evil associates was
to be blamed--accOunted for his later
criminal actions.
| Now. that" and the inspector
spoke cmphaticaliy. "is heredity! He
is the criminal born Of fine. honest
parents. Don't let any one tell you
the theory OF heredity Is myth.
Become II detective and you'll
pretty soon find out why II Isn't. And
parental influence too-that's IN
other factor In the making OF crooks.
but It's too long and complicated
subject to 40 into now. But both
that and hcredity may furnish the
cSplanation OF the boys going
wrong. am certain. from some bits
herited tendencies played u leading
part In his case.
This young man. whose father
never stinted him In money matters.
fell In with SEVERAL women OF u par
t!cularly vicious. criminal type soon
after he left college and was implI-
Gated In numerous blackmnIi plots,
notably the perpetration OF the bad
ger game one OF the lowest forms
of blackmnil.''
Inspector Faurot went back into
his batch OF envelopes again and
pi'f > out photographs OF two young
r "H, 10th In top hats and the Com
ventional black" Of evening dress.
Here are two siik-hat burglars"
he said: regular Rafflcs. They al
ways worked together aud they al
ways wore these toys. One night the
wife Of a wealthy citizen OF New
Rochelle heard noise In her dining
room.
Her husband had been compelled
to remain In New York. and she WIS
alone In the house. She was 20 fright
cncd that she determined TO remain
quiet. and let the thieves get away
with the 'swss.'
she waited for while. and when
she heard the front door softly click
she pceped from her bedroom win.
dow. To her surprise. she saw two
men In high hats and Inverness coats
and each carrying q travelling bag.
walking leiSureiy away from the
house. She Immediately called the
police station on the telephone and
related her experience.
Rather clevcrly. she told the desk
lieutenant that she presumed the
thicves were bound for the railway
station. because they carried travel
iuE bags The lieutenant took tho
hint and sent several men to the sta
| tion.
Sure enough. there were the two
men. calmly waiting
for train for New York. and they
looked 10 like gentleman that the
policemen hesitatcd about approach
ing them. But they made the collar
and the burglars. Ralph Taylor and
James Harland. arc In Sing Sing now.
The softest spoken cracksman
ever knew-a real gentleman uarg-
lar because know his family and
what his early raising was-was
Adoiph Bcrtchcy. also known as
William Travis. His mother. a re-
fined and cultivated old lady, lives
In u fashionable section OF New York
right now. and never suspected un.
I'll her boy was arrested that he had
been ten years a thief.
"Bcrtchey was executed in Trenton
not many years ago for killing a po-
liccman ut Lakewood. and he became
n Christian Scientist while In the
death house In order. he said, to rob
the electric chai rof It's horrors. I
only know he died gamcly and quiet
iy.
Although Bertchcy was 80 soft
spoken, he was one OF the most des-
perate criminals have ever known.
Once he had cracked a crib in a home
on the outskirts OF New Haven and
had left and was walking along the
road. when he noticed the man o!
the house following him hotfoot.
Instead OF running, Bertchcy
"'"'"'" MS pa'e' anu. Wnen ms
pursuer was almost up with him.
quietly slipped into the bushes at the
side of the road. AS he expected. in
minute or two the man reached
MIN. and they stood face to face.
The man had no weapon, and
Hcrtchey displayed none. although
he always travelled with a gun in
leach hin DOcket For n secnnd tho
two looked each other over, and then
Bertchcy said. In a low, gentle voice
! had the story afterwards from
the man who was robbed:
My dear sir. don't you think you
have gone far enough? Don't you
think you'd hottar mn h.,Lp.