The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-27

Copyright, 1913 by the Star Company.
NIO honest man can accumulate
NJ a million dollars without con-
slant industry, self-denial, per-
severance and ability.
The same is true Of the profession
al criminal In addition, he must
possess ingenuity, tact and resource
fulness Of high order.
a number of professional crimi-
nails have obtained more than a mil
lion dollars apiece Although these
men accumulated vast fortunes, not
one of them derived any lasting ben
eft from his ill-gotten gains. Many
of them spent large part OF their
lives in Jail. Others dissipated their
fortunes almost as rapidly as they
made them, and their last years
were spent in poverty.
Yet every one OF these men. as I have
which, had they been put to a legitimate
use. would undoubtedly have brought
them wealth without any OF the penalties
incident 20 life OF crime. Living honest
ly they might not have accumulated mill
ions, but their skill. ingenuity and perse-
verance would undoubtedly have netted
them large incomes, and they might have
,,-hI Ich hut
the law-abidIng can know.
without the ability which these men
possessed, it would be useless for anyone
To hope TO achieve the success" which at
tended their criminal operations But any
one possessing their ability would be most
ill-advised to attempt TO follow in their
footsteps when their careers have so clear
ly demonstrated that CRIME CANNOT
PAY. Whereas, II properly applied. such
ability must inevitably bring success.
To-day intend TO give you some idea Of
the skill and resourcefulness these men
possessed by referring IN detail 10 some
OF their more remarkable exploits.
In the course OF criminal career cover
ing some forty years. Harry Raymond, all
round burglar. committed several hundred
important burglaries. 1t was he who stole
the famous Gainsborough painting, as
have previously related. The magnitude Of
his crimes will be indicated by the fact that
his booty aggregated between two and
three million dollars. Yet despite the
number and importance OF this mans Of
fenses, ne was caught only once in the
whole forty years. and then through the
carelessness OF an accomplice. No better
proof OF the Judgment and resourcefulness
OF a professional criminal could be pre-
sented than such a record az that
His robbery OF the Cape Town Post
Office will illustrate this point moro con-
cretely.
His first step was 20 cultivate the friend
ship OF the Postmaster Of the Cape Town
Post offce- He went at II very systemah-
cally and patiently. but at the end Of two
or three months be had made such prog
ress that he readily found an opportunity
to get temporary possession OF the Post
ONCE keys. That was all that was neces-
sary. be made a wax impression OF them
and put the keys back without arousing
any suspicion
His next step was TO prepare three par
cells addressed % himself and mailed them
by registered mail from out OF town He
came IN on the same train with the pack
ages He waited until the registered mail
sacks had been delivered TO the Postmaster
and locked up for the night and then
just as his friend. the Postmaster. was
leaving for the day, he stepped hur-
riedly into the post office and explained
that Il vas OF great importance for him 10
get that night certain packages he under
stood were arriving by that day registered
mail The Postmaster readily consented
and went back into the office with the bur
glar. He opened The safe and ascertAined
that the packages Raymond had described
were there and while he was making Ger
thin entries In his book. Raymond sue
ceeded in making wax Impressions OF the
keys 20 the safe
Raymond now had wax Impressions OF
che keys 70 the post Jfhce itself and OF the
keys In which the registered mall and other
Valuables we're kept Making the KEYS
from The impressions was not q very diff
neult task, although II Required many sub
seGuent visits 10 the post office and the
exercise OF q considerable amount OF pa
deuce before the keys were properly fitted.