| Show here bere 20 f Stolen Pro erty ertL J Is I Ir r Operations of Fences Second Second hand hand Dealers Pawnbrokers and Imitation Retail I t Establishments Afford Criminals Safety and Often Makes Them From Honest M Men n nf f BY JACK ROSE F P when you 1 0 get up tomorrow mornIng morn- morn InS Ing you ou find that your lour house has en entered by burglars during durIns the flight tight and t that Rt aU all your our sll silverware and p. p lot Jot t of linen and clothing of or what are arc the chances lavo gone one our getting the stuff back i Of t cour course e the nr first t thing to do Is to pet et Ct the burglar You will notify the police olice The They will tell you ou that the they the thc oase oae I is therefore there there- c no clue and thc will let but they fore ore rt vor very difficult hours pass pUS OU know inos Twenty four pu j-pu the fol- fol following fol Then iid hd you OU hear nothing lowing owing da day you rou are told that the burglar burlar bur bur- glar lar has haR been caught u You marvel at the wonderful I IVe ability of the thc police who with with- without have hae nevertheless nev nev- out ut a single Ringle due clue to work on on s succeeded In getting your OUt our ur r h but that is because Et you 1 0 arc not lot ot aware that In tho the majority of ot cases alles arrests of this kind are arc made possible ossi b 1 e o only ii ly t through h rou gh I Information n form at Ion to tho the police pollee b by their stool But Bul that is ts another story stor The important point It is that as the Burglar ur lias has been caught within a a. com com- the bur- bur short hOlt time after aCter Far you naturally suppose that withIn with with- In a few hours hour at most you OU will again bo be in possession a of the property he lie stole lole ole from you ou an and you OU J are wron wrong As s g sn KV n matter o of fact the thc chances arc you OU never ee ec the stolen property fa gain aln Cu Cl or OF x i Unless a professional lonal burglar buglar is with the goods s on caught a 1 ht red handed ted ith goo IX him liim a as the say tile say a the the chances h of slim In In- In getting the loot back are ale aleer er very iI deed c TillS This is because of the ease Ule with the professional crook can dispose dispose dis elis- pose of his ilI- ilI Ill gotten otten gains Althou Although h. h It I Is a a. c crime to receive stolen goodS bOOds knowing them to have lla been stolen and aDd there arc are several se hundred men t t women in New Ke- York City alone who ho th the the- busi busi- arc are cn engaged a cd exclusively el in h j tr no w in Wt t 1 world ir as fences ence Some ilea Idea of th the tremendous amount of or stolen property handled by these 1 may be gathered 1 from tram the tact fact net that tIit a no f fp few ye years rs ago agu u tho the pr- pr proceeds of t burglaries arid and larcenies was wa estimated estimated esti estl- mated mate to be e no less Jess than a aI I year earo Today Toda owing to the utter de demoralisation de- de moralisation of the police force and he the consequent activity of criminals of ill all 11 stripes the ng aggregate reate loot mustI must I mount to at least t A A. largo large part of this of course rep- rep cash but ut practically all the theet rest est is sold SOIl to fences This includes bout OOOO worth of or stuff stolen n from trucks several million dollars' dollars worth orth of je Jewelry ch and silverware re stolen n from rom roni pedestrian trian private ate houses hotels ho ho- els and Jewelry jc houses house linen and md from rota l private hom houses es ind ud merchandise of at all kinds from J tores stores lofts and piers SI Ir Cis' Cis A UIa Mi SPECIALISTS II 1 I f Fences u usually that specialize specialize that isI Issa is isito I ito sa say one will buy huy only SIllS silks 5 another nh woolens a a. third feathers a ao fourth o rth gold Jold and silver a fifth precious tones stones tone and so o on although there are arc a jew s. cw who will purchase anything 1 i i According to Inspector Byrne Byrnes the thc ce er of ot stolen goods Is 11 really the tho OLst criminal of oC all Without him urs and theft would woul be much lc lct less t for lr tho the criminal finds It Itan an to ci dispose of his loot in the Ordinary pawn n shop But apart from tram tills hil it li IJ undoubtedly a fact that few fe fences f are arc content to wait until stuff I Is brou brought ht to th Ih them m. m On th the contrary mall many of them not lot fly nh promote and engineer cl burglaries s ind nd nd thefts of all kinds hut frequently d whatever cu cash h may bo ho iry ry to accomplish them The They lend oney loncy to criminals who ma may b be Ined in inoC ed u oC of It It and then spur pur them on to crimes with the proceeds o of thc they ma may be able ablo to pa pay their tbt Some of them have o a staff of rooks ook Who WHO are in their exclusive e cm- cm toy 03 0 while others as I have hae previously I out employ runners and so- so to lure honest holiest drivers and her ther employees to steal 11 TO POLICE Of L Ot course the thc existence and location f t these fences are known to the thc po- po ce e. e If It tho the police were honest every ence fence in the tile city could coul be lie wiped out Within a a. week fh They are arc permitted to let 1st the they are very profitable of graft ral to crooked policemen hen S through a stool pigeon tho the po- po Ce e locate a hur burglar lar arid and through him the fence ence where the tie loot as az disposed of it Is usual usually a very matter to compel a a. fence to tomo tome mo me across According j to Morris Ing rig ng who has lins come to be bc known In the as ax the King In of ot the lIeVers lIe Kc- elvers J Vers he turned over o to the 0 oless less than in five years in ins s 8 varying from a fow few hundred dol- dol ola ol- ol S a to 2300 OOh OO S When h n. n tho the victim of or a burglary or J lakes e such a stand that the poCo poco po- po co eo realize that the thC have got to make malc P Me roe tort sort of f showing the they frequently In iii locating tile the stolen property Jt t they thor ru never ruH H tell the victim It Itt Itt t t J liven cn thought though it has b been n found In pawn shop hol from which the owner eaIl easily recover it without paying cent cent under tho law oven though the YU broker broJer was wa entirely Innocent In ib 9 i transaction the police will 1 do all an alley aney ley ey cau cat to compel the tha ow owner onel ner to pa pay amount d on the gOO goods f and the they G set gt t their rake Tale from t MC I Iou on oti 31 IO BY ox BY W Wo 0 4 got ul i. i on 11 your stuff tut y r will wll av y and md for fOl a n tt few ft W hundred hIm 3 wo Wu lm may hay u b bo RbI able II 1 to reCO recover l' l It itou HOI ou u. u Siu JC protest r h t insisting n that Hint W k fa z ll right hl to 10 your own property Copy COP without pa paying ing inga a cent for it you will find that tho clue the thc detectives re referred re- re to turned out to be Inaccurate hut but if you OU yield yield-to to their exactions and agree to la pay what they demand your our rt will eventually be turned overto overto over overto to you OU Sometimes the proceeds s of or a burglary will include a lot of stuff which while of no no Intrinsic no-Intrinsic Intrinsic vane value may mar be highly treasured by hy Its own r r. Whenever ver er articles ar 1 tides of this character fall fail Into the tIle hands of ot a fence he hc usually notifies the tie police pollee that hat the thc stuff st Is In his il hands an arid and I if there is nn any great demand folit for fol forIt forit it t tAle Mie H fence and his partner the tho po- po lieu arc In a a. position to make malc a a. vcr very handsome profit out out of or the thc transaction Tho The Same game is Js worked ln In this wa way Suppose a fence finds rinds among a load of ot stuff that he ho has las purchased 11 from a a. crook a a. mc medal al awarded o o Gen Gei John Doc Doe b by President ent Lincoln For the silver I In Jp it the fence probably pal paid tho thIef thle thief half half a dollar at most but bul from tho the inscription he realizes realises that the sentimental sen seii- value aluc of oC the article may be bc con considerable l el bl Ho lie communicates with his friends the police ind nil tho they tell him that tile the medal must bo lo part hart of or the tIle loot stolen from froni the tho house hous of or John Doe Doo Jr A few w nigHts before coro and that thc they will try tIT to find out what It Is worth DI I 1 AS S S tiO Ti 0 A detective c th then n calls caUs on John Doe Jr and reports tint that a clue to the stolen property has ilias developed He lie asks for Cor a n full description M hf th the stuff stolen and the value a on each article When It comes to the medal th the oner owner owner own own- er will probably r remark that while the tho medal Is worth but a a f few w dollars itself I it is greatly g prized b by the te family a in 11 as a relic In fait thit event the tho detective u will ill realise that there I Is a chance to mako I some Sonic money mone moneA I A day a or or he hc will report to the owner that life medal has been Jo io lo- lo but bait that th person in pO of or it Jeru refuses es to give l c It up unless he is paid well for fOI it W Well eli ll why dont don't you ou take It ft officer the owner will ask the property Ismine is ismine mine Isn't it 7 That all rl right ht Mr Ir Doe Doc replies the tie detective c Of course Its It's only a holdup and if I ha had the goods o ds on this fence fenc 1 I would pinch him so 50 quick he know lenow what struck him but the only evidence Ive I've ot comes from a a. crook and of course his word ord wouldn't be iC worth orth an anything in III court No Mr Ir Doe Doc weve we've trot inot ot to tu sro eo o easy eRSY in cases S like t this 1118 or we wc I lose ie the the stuff allo altogether ether I In this diplomatic tactful sort ort of wa way with tle tte detective acting a as go between I or middleman mall the fence and the tho victim Ic vic tim thu arc brought to together and the victim vic tim Is finally compelled to give gIe I e up s a a alar lar large c subi of motley moncy for what th fence paid only a 0 few few- cents and which tho tile police pollee ought to ha have confiscated without an any payment at all Cases of this kind arc are cr very num numerous numer tous t ous OILS and tb the y indicate wh why it Is la that thai tho the police ire He re so 80 ready read to license fences O X GOODS Over O In lon I Island lund City there is a a department stove store where nothing but hub stolen goods are arc tr sold One Olle can cun go o in Ir thero there and nr iJ I anything from a Hioe string to a suite sulu o of furniture and not hot a si single In l article in this place was wan acquired honestly This place Is u a regular clearing house for tor stolen goods Very little of it comes from burglars and thieves direct all and loot hiot Mo Io the fences yi-t yi It Is all Most t o of In New c C York know kIlo that they can find lull finda n a market markt for fUl their thi-lr s stuff at this department departS depart ment store but bLit ut they usually ship hll the stuff out of town first to crt a SLIM sus lint Hut this Place I Is n an II exception exceptions As s s I I Iha ha have hae e said a i t the tue hc t of fences specialize JIO- JIO C I ze On t the hc Ea Hast Fast t Side ide for Ins Instance there Hi th are I 11 scores o of stores w carry carr Woolen Jobbers Many of or the these arc are fences fence Hales Dales of woolens may be bc seen In the lie place and th the these e arc are Invariably Inva a tho pi proceeds creeds of or loft IoU or wagon robberies Silk Jobbers Jobbers TS In Ii I I L L t et- et at c Linens and Laces and aud other othor similar apparently nth Innocent nt desi designations cover this tho operations of or other ether fences who obtain their StOCk in the samo Same wa say TRUCK U C Ie J II J ACTIVE CIE CI E. E Most of or this stuff conies comes from truck thieves Never before heror wore ole these so Sc active e as they the are e today in Now Ne' Y Li rl nit me losing no Ito lc Jc Ies s than oOOO worth of t stuff every evets mouth Sometimes Just a case cae or two Is 19 stolen the horse from Hi truck sometimes I slid and truck truel arc aft taken too loo tho thil latter being be tic- Lug ing abandoned after the goods OOIJ c I been removed ed but Lut mon recently the rl right ht 1913 b by the thc McClure Newspaper pcr a horse and vehicle have in some cases case been kept too Truck thieves have reduced their work ork to a n science almost h va- va richly work orl In conjunction with triLl fences Indeed the preliminary ar arrangements ar- ar arc usually ma made e with the thi assistance of a fence A mob of truck k thieves eR a loa loaded ell truck hire litre w. w nhat t th thy 7 te q Ik u J n F t Pf 4 t call a or drop a i place where the stolen goods must muse bo be b taker taken fresh from rom the scene of tw tho robbery This uris his IK is usually some somo basement or lor loft Ver Very frequently a janitor Janior of f a i ion building Is 15 given a spot ten for the the use of or a vacant loft Jolt luf for or a a. couple Df f dao days The secured tle truel thieves e start out to tail a a. 1 lod loaded truck They heO usual usually work worl In couples one being dressed sc as a t typical truck man with his lila hook over his shoulder should r i rand and his apron around him while the tIme theother other is dressed as as a 1 clerk cirk truck which Having sighted a seems seem satisfactory the two f follow It until I ii comes to a stop Iton to make a delivery clel While hUe the driver I Is 18 upstairs making till the delivery tho croo crook dressed ed as us asa a Jumps jump to the thc dl S seal sealand sealand and starts tarts off The other crook roo Calmly Calm aIm Ii ly smoking a cl arct waits walts in iii froni fronio o 0 of tho the building for tor the return or of the th victimized driver When that individual 1 finally aplan and m sees bees L that his Ills truck u Is gone one he hc al at I once lOOKS lor anti sights the smoker er Hey 1 kid ld did ld you OU see sec which a way that truck o of went went ho he demands demand exi t cd I y What Ilat hat truck arc you ou talking about 1 demands tho thu other oIlier io to gain a n little om 1 j Will Why l the truck tuck that was waR standing standinG here a a. a minute ago 0 you OU boob loob 1 goes S upstairs and wiio when whon 1 I gets down again the tho truck Is gone one Come on 01 now wako walto HP tp lw which wa way did It go Oh that truck that u was as her imer eh elm h Why hy I 1 seen It go o down that u way and th on Jn It I turned to the left As 8 u IL I matter mater of tact fact of or coura It It didn't go 0 that wa way war at al nIl all hut the opposite direction but the ed ld driver ha has already darted off aff H af after I his missing Tho crook croul drives cs th the truck directly t to the Arrived hero h hi li cases casc are aro removed and tho the horse hors and truck taken a convenient con distance away olid nr alaJ abandoned onel In tho the meanwhile half halfa hal a 0 do cn hus busy workers In iii the tho melm l a rim ma Im have opened the tIle cases and gone golie ulO through the stolen goods ripping off uc ill all Identification marks m ks I II C l is Ihn I. I When hn this work I Is completed leJ the tile fence or UI man money Is la I for lor or to conic come ami aili appraise the tue stuff tuC Whatever offer he lie makes maleM for tor th the goods u usually about 10 it rJ per pcr cent of Its Us value In la accepted d for Cor thieves dare nut not an- an lz ollo fences ence The goods arc are then either cither repacked ed 31 and shipped Chipped out o of town to title one lle of e the fences agents or ot If It tho the loot Jot is con con- COI- COI safe nf It I I Is taken taleen to the fences own Owl establishment Most MUNt of f the fences rely leh upon tipon out of or town acl |
