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Show AX AMERICAN I'AKI.V. OI-ERATIOSS OK A NOTOniOCS CltUOK. "Speaking of criminals," says Detective De-tective Carter, in rvpoc toasug-Ktion toasug-Ktion nude by a WashlnKton Slar reporter, Ultra Is cue of the light-fingered light-fingered gentry who has figured In more tliau one criminal case In this citr. He has spent almost a life-timo life-timo In the liualnessof teaching boys from II to 15 year olj hotr to operate oper-ate as burglars. Jib mode of oper-ntlons oper-ntlons is nothing new, allhough he Is generally pretty tunt(ful in making good hauls. Most of his criminal operations are conducted during the winter months, when thievrs generally find It better to to work or art compelled to do Its a matter of nerv&ilty. Tills ruau fellow fe-llow Hearing 5J year old, but he bioks much older. "Ills racket Is to teach the boys at first to rob the hallways and parlors. par-lors. They seldom venture farther Into a dwelling Itousc. For this wotk snitll buys are needed, because the iraa-ow is urd In cae the front door is foJnJ locked, anJ if the boy Is too large be can't icacage to Kiu. re tlirnuli the transom. "The olj criminal teldoni goes ntarvrto the hoube than across the street, for ifanrboJygeU caught, it must be oue of the boys, for It won't go so hard ullh him. Of courx.-, the trainer selects Uio house to be robbed, and exrliiiis t:t tlio leys how to opt rale, mil occasionaUy, If it is alufulrly neet-ssiry he will go av far as the door U lend a helping hand. The boys are told what to do if they should get cuuht, and V-otis all filu ft they are Ins' ruetod nut ti en verse with the cKlecr or tell him Iww they fell fioai grace, ir wlio their tompanioDS are. He aluaH remains at a safe illstaiice, so tliat -li&uld a cornier arrive he cnu uaik away and escape deiec. Uoa. "The firUappt-araiHt'of thlnrrim-ioal thlnrrim-ioal In the courts,'" cjiitinued the detective, Wii about lhe year lSTd, when ho apjiori-d ln-fore Judgu Olln on eight durges of burglary. Tin oil Jail In the City Hall rx then used as the place of confinement of prL-ouers, and he occupied a cell In thatprison. Ho wasarratgued, tried and convicted. Tlim he was seut back to jail to await tlio Imposition of sentence. "One morning his cae was allied fnrsentei.ee, and In care of a Jail guard he was waited across the Muare and required to facu the judge. The usual questions were asked the prisoner and he was commanded com-manded to stand up arid receive the sentence of the Court. .'JudguOllii delivered 10 h con-ticttd con-ticttd burglar a severe lecture as to the morality of his crime, an I give him the u-ual good advlcu as to what life he had better leal in the future. Then Iu due forui of la the jugde tntseJ sentence whK'h wastlevcn yearn at hard labor in the leulteutiary. Tho jnUjiit-r gavealauh ulmosl ai long as the sc-nW-iKu imporl and the mW: Vou old , I can stand on my head that Io-mj. At the same time he made a mcxlou as Uiough U draw ! r-f wio sjrt to I. .lint bodily Injury Uxm tlie court, liut no one imagined uraminieut that he liad a t-.- oil abour him. In that, howuvtr, Uicy were mistaken, for when seurched a large iort of a brick was found concealed about him, and It was evident that he In tenJed striking thejudVe with II. Where he gut ihd trick front eouM not bu ascertained, but it w.-j. tiiouglit he ilccl It up while vralk-ikg vralk-ikg across the lot. "lib long sent, ncn did not hive the tiled of rtftiTuiInghlai, and he relunud pfulubly a more hirdriml crimlual than vthon he was sent aay. Imteitd of ItsKllugadlUVr-flit ItsKllugadlUVr-flit life he fell bark iu the old track and begun oporat. .us anew. How many places he has really robbed ill jirobably never l? known. The neat burglary iu which he figured was done Willi the aislsltace of boys, and he esvapisl the 4-ni. untlary In a rejiirktbiemviner. riils was, si far ai known, Ills l-giuuIiiglrttlH' l-giuuIiiglrttlH' line of training hoy, lles-'ected as the place to rob a Hie fa. tory in tlie Kirst Ward. He got together hi Utile mob of hoys aud succeeded in having them carry out tlie plaus which he laid fur them. Vtwutf IJ worth of the flies were (In nwl I arrested him soon afterward. He took tho stolen files to a. saloou and in the rear room there was hole In the wall. In this he placed the file and covered thorn willi an ordinary piece of wall a-per. a-per. Djring the diyhe went out anJ sold tlie flies, and m no en-gisl en-gisl when I arrested him. The case was brought Vi trial and his eonnectlon with the burglary wat not JIputed,bulas heliad remained so far away from the scene of the robbery he got oil and was again sit at liberty. "It was only a question of time before he would ag-Un get caught," con t lulled tlio detcttlve. "dure enough hesgalu fell Into our hand). No oca ever knew him to do the work lilmself, because he alwjys found lioys to do it for him. There was one thing about him that was always sure to give him away. Just prior L) his eiiTigement with his yjung jplls ho Invariably ca-ue around iolice headquarters and would spenJ bourscithernbout tho corner or on one of thesettees In the nark onsiosile lu throw ouuiicioii. but it hal the opposite ellect. for when he appeared the ofiicers watched him more c'ossly thac at other times. "Well, he came around, and by and by there was another robbery, the circumstance of which Indicated Indi-cated that the burglar and his boys had again been at work. Investigation Investi-gation of the case proved that they had, but it as another set of boys. It was the robbery of a showcase. Thecasowas In front of a store, and it was carried by his boys to an alley, where pistols, knives and other articles were taken from It. The esse was there abandoned and the plunder was carrlod to the Smith soniau ground, where the 'old bird' got his share of it. His next ap-ar-ancewlth the biys v.aat a hardware hard-ware store in South Washington. There the plans were again made by tlie tutor and carried iuto effect by those uuJer his Instructions. Instruc-tions. Tlie djor was fastened with a htavy aJioci, aud the young burglars were not strong enough to break the liasp from over Die staple, and their teacher fouud It uecesiary to run across the street from where he was stationed to assist them. Tlio ha-p being once broken, he returned to his position posi-tion to watch for the appearance of auyone who might disturb their work. The .boy , five in number, entered, and while in tffero two policemen stepped in front of tbo door. Thoy did not remain long, however, and soon moved away, so that tbo work of tearing what plunder they could was not long delayed. Acting unJcrinstructlona, tho boys gathered together all the case goods, such as penknives, razors ra-zors and pistols. They went across the street and put up tho plunder in five bundles, each one takinga bun die to carry away. In ail there was nearly $500 worth of goods taken. "Tlio half-dozen daring burglars separated, and later in the nglit they met at a colored cook shop not far from the Capitol. Lodgings were secured for the parly, and the ueat morning some of them started out to dispose, of the plunder. "Ity the merest accident my partner, part-ner, the lite Detective Cox, an J myself learned of tho rresencoof the crswd at the cook shop, and there we went, The proprietor told us where the plnnder was, and we had not been there long before In walked tie principal iu the burglary, the ont who was old In crime. Being Be-ing sure of our gams we telephoned for officers in citizens' clothes to surround tho house, and In a few minutes fourof tho bays appeared. They saw and recognized oue of us aud made a bald attempt to escape, but we succeeded In capturing four of them. Ono who escaped was too young in the business to know how o remain where bo could .not get caught. 'I'hat night a boy called to see one of his companions at the station-house, station-house, but tho officers would not grant his request. Wheu he left the station an ofilcer followed him. and nearly a mile off ho collected with another boy, who proved to l the mlsiltig link, and he was then arrested. .The ease was taken to court and five out of the six were convicted. The leader was given tho longest sentence. That was four years In the penitentiary, while two of the older boys were given two years each. Two others were sent to the reform school and the remaining boy, who was used as a wilntsa was sent to his parents. The four years' sentence expired soruu time ago, aud the one who spent it has not orated since, so far as the officers of-ficers know." |