Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-15
GIVES
ADVICE TO PUBLIC
Tells Homs.ownsr What to Do
When Confronted by
Criminal \ 4.
HERO STUFF ALL WRONG

"What would you do II you woke up
and found a burglar In your house!,'
asks John W. Gray, reformed bank
burglar" writing in the current num-
Der Of Physical Culture.
"what would you do II q hold.up
man stopped Won. stuck a gun in your
face and told you TO throw up your
before YOU can decide what you
would do YOU must know frst what
the burglar ia going to do, how he,
thinks and acts under certain condi.
tions; what effect certain actions have
on him; how he views resistance and
what different kinds of burglars will
do II YOU resist them.
let me classify the different castes.
In the underworld. as in the upper,
there is a so.called aristocracy. The
aristocrat OF the underworld Is the
bank burglar. In the middle class are
the confidence men and gamblers.
The so-called poor folks are the
pickpockets. the sneak thieves and the
night house burglars. Let us put the
dinner hour house burglar in the mid.
There are three kinds OF hold.up
men: the bank hold-up man, the train.
robber and the thug who operates on
the streets. The first two belong, to
the underworld nristocraGy.. The last
comes under the poor folks classitica-
tion.
There Is an interesting psychological
phenomenon here In relation to the
degrees OF underworld nerve. For In
stance, the pickpocket never becomes
hold.up man; under no circumstances
could he be persuaded to participate in
hold up. Under no circumstances
n h011aA
steal In broad daylight l once took
dinner. hour house burglar out with
me on q bank burglary. When he heard
the explosions he nearly collapsed with
fright.
Tho Dinner Hour Burglar
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ways works at a certain time. and
that time IL the dinner hour. While
you are at dinner he climbs up to your
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You're All Wrong
Both of these decisions are wrong;
these are the things you should not do.
Leave the room immediately. Go to
your phone. IL it il downstairs, and call
up the nearest police station. explain
ing in detail just what happened. Or
II there is key on the outside of your
door close the door quickly and lock
IL tnen 10 your screaming. SnOut 10 tue
rest of the family that you have seen
a burglar in your room. Before the
echo Of your words has died away the
burglar will have gone,
always bear this In mind: the |
dinner. hour burglar always tries to |
finish the lob and qet away without |
disturbing Won. Unlike tbe desperate |
night burglar. he does not 20 into your
home looking for trouble. anticipating
trouble. ready TO kin II il comes. He |
will not shoot unless he is cornered.
unless YOU stand between him and |
liberty.
II have known many good house
burglars that never carried n pun fei.
lows that were not addicted 70 drugs.
If you were to run up against this
type OF burglar in the dark. the fvne
that il not easily rattled that doesn't
use drugs. Won would have a chance
for YOUR life. But since Won do not |
know what type Of nerson Won viii
have 10 deal with. whv ieonariize vo,,r
life? ''''
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