The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-10-30
BOLD CAR Thieves
Tricks of The Clever Crooks Thai
Steal Automobiles.
DARING IN THEIR ReTH0Ds.

One Of Their Fer Schemes is to Dis.
spiso Themselves as '7opairers and
Openly Tow the Car Away--ordi-
nary Safeguards Are Joke 10 Them.
The man who steals an automobile IS
one OF tlse cleverest mcchanicians In
the country lie knows every make +
far from the steering wnecl TO The tires.
AMI here Us scarcely any precau ,on
taken 10y the owner OF the car TO safe
Guard his property that the automobile
thief cannot beat
Ss1ne car owners fondly imagine thdt
VIXEN they chain he wheel oe theircar
Nith fairly thick steel chain they
have made it impossible f1r auy cro0E
70 move the auto from US anchorage
The simplicity Of This safeguard must
cause hiariH among the motorcar
crooks, for the ordinary steel chain can
be cut-in IA second with the appliances
that the motor thieves carry in theif
0utG,
But most caE owners consider they
have made The car i.nmovable by mere.
~ locking lac switch box. 1t viii iutcr-
est them TO know that the car thieves
can beat this ptecaution very eisily.
The clever mechauician VINO mai es n
business OF stealing cars can ross
wires SO as 90 cause ignition ana 1aoye
The engine without hethoring with the
switch box at all, y mothod that is kin
1ergarten to The car thicf is to connect
wires from the dry cell battery direct
% The ignition coil, thus starting the
motor without difficulty.
Some cars have devices by which the
gasoline supply can be locked. and this
Is regarded 10y some owners as placing
a hopeless barrier in tie way CT the
thief who would run or with the
standing car. For how con a ear be
moved when the supply OF gasoline is
shut OFF, Nothing easier The motor
car thief carries with him bis own sup
ply Of gasoline ia flask. with this
gasoline the automobile thief can nego-
uato good run with the car by con-
meeting his flask OF gasoline direct to
the carbCrelor Feeding the gasoline
% tie carburetor through a rubber
hose, the automobile thief can send the
ear sufficiently far 90 enable him t. put
the gasoline tank and the car in regu.
lar commission and speed where no
win TO safety ana sale
But the commoucst and therefore the
safest trick Of tie automobile thief re-
Quires no expert mechanical kuowl.
edge. II simply requires nerve. which
these thieves posses TO an Unusual de-
scce This trick IS the Oh che Of driy
ing Up In au auto that looks Ike a 20.
rage repair nagon. hitchinc a rome to
the car that Is TO be stolen and towing
ii away. The thieves dress for The part
Ia oil soaked ovecals When they have
selected the car to be stolen. picking
one that Is in side street ana not like
ly to be under the eve Of policeman
who mag have been tipped 10 watcb
the car. the thieves come up To the
scene ia thclg old car. looking like tho
ordinary crew sent for from the garage
10 repair car that is in trouble or isn't
as wei as its rasudlous owner
would wish,
They alight from their own car and
make a great prctense OF examining
The car chat they intend to spirit away.
They remove the hood and scrutinlae
The motor. They get out KIT Of tools
and tinker Tor awhile with some PARK
" The machinery II any one should
happen 70 be watching them or looking