Douglas Island news., 1921-02-04
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 Persistent reading of Seattle and ether outside papers has convinced Che Stroller Chat hc is out Of date
 -as a burglar. Chat Che now moth- ods Of burelug now employed make him a hos-bccn. obsolete and old-
 fashioned. There was a time when lo stood at Che head of Che proies sion and advertised to do plain and mncy burelug and guarantee aat-
 ncuou. As am evidence Of his pro- ac.oucy hc had a long lIs' of tcsti- moniala from people hc hdd burgIcd. an of which testified Go Che come Dlo.c and satisfactory manner m which thoy. tho yicums had been separated from tbc'r belongings so neat oud paIusatug was Che stroi- Ter in his work that many people who could not get tho.r names n the papers any other way chan by being robbed. would send for him to bureIc thom in order that thoy might got coveted publicity and rc- qucuuy where thc loot amounted to only "a few dollars. it would appear n Che papers as being several hum
 Ircd and. m Che event that p.c- urc Of Che home and people robbed appeared in Ono papers a cash bonus would usu1uy be mailed to Che Stroll ter later In tms way he picked up many au homes. dollar
 But bc present day aystcm Of rob- bmr s low. coaue brutal and wholly lacking m ethics and rcduc- mont as pracuccl by Che Stroller in the hcydey of his activities Now men seem to steal because they are n actual ueed thereby commercial Izur che profession which tends Co make It common and pIobo.au, as al hnrs must become when commcr cuncd Robbers of Che praon, day even snatch purses from women who are shopping They carry gums and load pipe and even rob chudrouH banks wIb mpun.fy The stroller points with pride to Che fact that u an his career as @ burglar he never wore mask. carried a gum OF saudbae and never robbed a chldH
 bank. On tbc contrary he went about his work quietly Ho was not asudiom mt took things as hc found them Also hc made it rule when. during Che work of research hc came upon chlda bank to empty It count Che contents double Che amount and put it an back In Che event chat he did not have sui- 0c.cnt m hs pockets to double Che contents ol hc bmk be would inc
 wriaby quietly slip out and rob some other house of the required amount This characteristic mot only caused tbc Stroller Go hc pope uIor witch Che children but it was Che means of securing for him hon- orobIe mention on various occasions such as "Wboa Who in Che Ranks
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 Hut to cuter into competition witl nrccntday burglars wclL Che Stroller mst could not bring hIm- self to do it without n.r.dcne his lifelong ideals They manifest too much erool and arc too rough n tbc treatment Of mcr victims for hm. This thing of holding people un at thc point of gums h crude and
 wholly lacking in the oiemw, of air pay ~bc man with Che gun has an thc best of lt while Che party held up has mot cyou a rune ming chance And to pumphaudle a man m dark alley is a custom that win never be recherche witch re- fined and gmuomon.y burglars But that is just what Che iattor have Co compete with u Che larger cities today Instead of permitting pros pcct to take his money home with him where it can be quietly cz- uactcd from his raImont while ho sleeps by some one In good standing and who carries card In Che Burg lars Union. Che prospect .s and- barecd just as ho leaves his place of business and Che union burglar In consequence. has no breakfast the following morning. and Che result is that he is eventually driven to get- ting a job in order that he may cat
 Burglary reform is one of thc crying needs of Che present day. As carried on now it has neither sys- tenn nor discipline. Holding people nm on fha street. is ae common as