Provo Daily Enquirer | 1891-06-10 | Page 3 | Hints from a Burglar

HINTS A AN INTERVIEW WITH A MAN WHO DOES housebreaking he calmly tells the man who shot at him why he did not fire in he turn dont try to catch a burglar bow they work in canes in robbing a some time ago the house of henry kahn on home avenue was entered by burglars mr kahn lying in bed with a bullseye flashing in his face fired two shots at the visitors who left the premises without carrying anything with them 1 I read in the papers of the capture of a gang of burglars remarked mr kahn and concluded to pay a visit to the jail and see if my burglars were there jailer emmett received me graciously and a boy behind the bars took me among the prisoners in one of the cells a little game of cards was going on in which the participants seemed deeply interested A fine looking man was near by watching it the boy whispered me that he was horton the burglar the man I 1 was for do yon think yon ever saw me before I 1 asked him 1 I dont remember was the answer 1 I live on home avenue I 1 suggested oh said he with some appearance appe aranca of interest your name is kahn yes I 1 paid you a visit the other evening you left rather suddenly oh no we left quite leisurely there was no hurry you see we were somewhat mistaken about your place we had been told that we might pickup or in good stuff jewelry and perhaps some money it was worth going after and taking some unusual chances to get mr kahn explained to the reporter that the commonplace businesslike manner of the burglar was incomparable and altogether fascinating he asked turn how they went about the job now HE PROCEEDED in the first place said horton 1 stationed a man at the door of your sleeping rooms and that man never left the door from the time we entered the house until we went away one man was stationed below and another across the street four of us you see I 1 first went into the room where a lady and a little girl were sleeping but dian didn t arouse them then I 1 took a look at the servant girl but wake her when I 1 came in the hall again the man at your door said he had heard a whispering inside and that there had been a signal from the outside that somebody in the house was up when I 1 was told this I 1 went to your door and lay down and listened I 1 lay there fifteen minutes but hear anything I 1 finally decided to go into your room I 1 had looked over the house and thought the valuables roust be in your room as they were not elsewhere I 1 turned the knob put in the light and then you fired mr kahn asked why he leave then and not wait for a second shot oh said the burglar coolly 1 I had no occasion for leaving we felt perfectly secure I 1 sat down in the hall thinking you might come out I 1 had two guns heavier than yours and I 1 hesitated for some time whether or not to give yon a slug any way mr kahn remarked to him that if he had come into the room he might not have had everything his own way taeg your pardon eaid the burglar neither myself nor any expert burglar with a dark lantern need have any fears from pistol shots the lantern properly flashed in ones face disturbs one so he know where he is shooting I 1 was in no danger and you were I 1 only left because I 1 thought it best to a void serious trouble and so when you fired your second phot we went away POINTS A mr kahn remarked that a man of his courage and appearance a fine looking man with good address who could make a success at almost anything ought to be in some other business oh eaid the burglar 1 I have always been a successful business man I 1 was a lawyer for some time with a good practice but I 1 became involved in a little affair that withdrew me from practice then I 1 took up burglary it is a fascinating profession and in it I 1 have had my full share of success he eaid this with his face turned squarely toward the questioner he has a high forehead a sincere and honest expression of countenance te nance bine eyes wavy iron gray hair and fine physique he is about forty five years old horton then went on to give advice as to the way in which people should act when called upon by burglars make a noise he said as much noise as possible when you can dont try to catch a burglar A burglar who knows his business is never taken while at work always after the job is done and he is trying to conceal or dispose of his awag during the conversation he said that he alone had gone through the safe of E rauh of south pennsylvania street he was told that he bad overlooked a gleemer glee per something of value he might easily have taken in this case diamond earrings worth that were in an envelope that he bad thrown aside with other papers 1 I beg your pardon said the burglar 1 I was at the job three hours I 1 overlook I 1 went through everything jiin great care and there was no sleeper as you mention I 1 want to destroy the papers that would have done me no good and would have given mr rauh unnecessary brou trou alej I 1 take pride in my profession and do my work thoroughly I 1 am pretty sure I 1 overlook anything in that job indianapolis journal acoman suffrage donld do one of my weightiest weight iest reasons for believing in woman suffrage is that I 1 think it would be the surest means of securing for women the simple justice of equal pay for equal work facts show that voters alone have their interests properly guarded mary L booth A homeless novelist mr david christie murray has been recounting to tho good people of south australia how he become a novelist on his first arrival in london he found like so many others the difficulty of getting employment on the press before the turn of the tide came he says he had four days wandering in the streets and at nights sat on the benches of the thames embankment in most curious company he was atlant helped by tho late john lovell of the press association afterward of the liverpool alio invented some work for him and sent him two guineas in a pill box labeled to be taken immediately dia tely london tit bits A curious apache the apache indians religious belief prevents them from committing murder in the dark if a dozen apaches should discover a man sleeping by his camp fire at night no amount of money would hire them to attack binm until the ann came up they believe that if they kill a man at night their own souls will walk in eternal darkness forever knowing this curious superstition hunters scouts trappers and others traveling through the apache nation move about during the night and lay by in some safe retreat during the day st louis republic gelling strawberries at a drogt there are tricks in all trades but ours said a retail grocer to me recently you wonder how it is that we are able to sell strawberries at less than they cost us and still make money it is a puzzler to the uninitiated it but after all it is simple enough when you know how for instance I 1 go down to the market and buy a crate of strawberries for thirty cents a bos now my trade is not rich enough to pay me even thirty five cents a box and at less than that I 1 make no profit well I 1 take those berries and empty them out of the boxes then I 1 take a nice piece of white paper which is much cheaper than strawberries and drape as it wore the box then I 1 take the berries and arrange them very carefully in such a way that all that are any way touched with decay go to the bottom and only the fine ripe sound ones are in eight by leaving plenty of space between the berries except the top layer I 1 have no difficulty in filling two of the draped boxes with the contents of one of the original and then they look much richer and more appetizing and sell better when this is done out they go in front of the store marked twenty cents a box and before I 1 know it they are all sold netting me a nice little profit if I 1 had tried to sell them in the original boxes at thirty five cents I 1 would have had a good many left on my hands to spoil why some of the bigger dealers in green groceries and fruits keep a man at a good salary simply to repack goods and it pays well new york herald too well noilden ni ilden elizabeth glover in her book family manners devotes a chapter to deploring the new england habit of repressing ones feelings on the matters nearest at heart and never allowing them to find expression in words sho says there was a railroad accident and a poor farmers wife was taken out bleeding and unconscious tho doctor and a kind woman were working over her when her husband came in and stood a moment looking on in disturbed silence his cheeks were drawn in his eyebrows lifted his hands in bis pockets presently with some effort he cleared his throat to speak and as the doctor looked up he asked ye see anew tin dipper alyin round where ye picked her up did ye he got no answer from the indignant doctor and presently strayed out again tn search of his dipper meanwhile his wife opened her eyes and at once asked for her husband hes safe said the doctor shortly she felt his curt tone and faint as sha was she divined what it meant hes a dreadful beelin man she said but he dont never say much length and breadth of london the metropolitan area of london extends over some twelve miles from north to south and some seventeen miles from east to west within this space thirty nine governments so rule the houses roads drains of their three millions arid three quarters of subjects that for the last ten years the death rate has been only per 1000 or but 1 per 1000 in excess of that of the whole country in tho seventeenth century it ia believed that the deaths exceeded the births in london and the death rate was then about 49 per 1000 or more than double what it is now and higher by far than the mortality rates of the cities of europe today london tit bits