The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-24
Robbing a delivery wagon.

Robbing a delivery wagon.
FOR a few years and VINO arrive n New
York for the purpose OF cmharl<ing for
their native land. such visitors
usually have a few days 90 wait for the
sailing of their steamer and in the
meantime live at some Immigrants
boarding house and s,,cnd their time IN
seeing The sights of the city.
DO everything possible To assist. adj
wise and protect immigrants and
strangers who are likely to become
the victims of confidence mon while IN
the city. II you find immigrants in the
company OF persons wHom YOU suspect,
/ stop them and find out how long they
! have known the suspects and where
/ they met. II you cannot make yourself
understood. take them to an inter-
prefer
Truck and wagon thieves sometimes
work IN collision with the drivers. VINO
/ may supply such information as the day
on which they will he carting valuable
| load of merchandise VI the kind the
crooks artlcularly desire and the route
/ they will take At some predetermined
spot the truck is left unattended and the
/ thieves given AN opportunity to jump
on the truck and drive on or "A dis
/ honest truCkman may disclose the route
4 to be taken by another driver with
particularly desirable load, and from his
knowledge II the drivers habits he is
| in position to impart suggestions as to
| the most opportunc time and place to
steal the truck.
Truck thieves sometimes have one Of
their gang scouting around the whole
sale sections of tho city watching the
Loading of trucks When he finds n
! dray being loaded with goods of tho
! Kind they are after he copies the name
and address of the consiSnee with this
! lntuinha tt.'r 81 thoif pos session the gang
| know the route over which the truck is
likely tn be driven and follow it until
| good opportunity presents itself 10 steal
{ the OUTFIT.
Sometim cs-th~ stolen truck IL driven
/ directly tn the fence" or the place
( whcr" they store the goods before dis
/ posing of them to the receiver. but usu-
, ally the merchandise is transferred TO a
wagon of their own in "a location where
such transfer will not be considered
/ unusual Gncy realize that the police
are promptly notified and given a de-
scrlpuon OF the team truck and prop
erty so as soon as they possibly can
they abandon the truck usually driving
| II blocks in direction opposite to that
, from which the stolen goods have been
carried
Another scheme used by truck thieves
is to back a covered wagon. generally
containing two men in the rear. directly
behind loaded vehicle. When in posi-
| ton the men in the rear reach out and
| steal packages or cases from the loaded
vehicle, using knives to cut ropes or
| heavy clippers to cut wire grating, if
necessary.
Considerable property is stolen by
| thieves who. under prctence of stealing
a ride, jump on tho tail of "A loaded truck
and drop packages from il to the street.
the packages being picked up by con-
| fedcrates, Watch men and boys who
are riding on the hacks of trucks, even
though fl is apparently with tar knowl-
edge Of the driver.
! ldGh' packages are sometimes re-
moved from wagons by thieves standing
in the street. carried into adjacent tcne-
monts and sold to the tenants
The thief, as rule, observes a boy
carrying package in the street or in
a car and makes a note OF the namc and
I address Of the person TO whom the de-
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