Show THUGS DISCARD t FOR I Chicago Holdup Men Pass Up the Billy in Favor of the Revolver WOMEN USED AS DECOYS Highly Perfected S of Street Robbery and Some of Its I V hue Points Chicago April 1 17 Interesting facts acts concerning Chicago holdup men have been gathered by everal several of time the associations aSso- aSso asso aso- organized for better police pollee protection pro- pro during the recent wave of crime l Methods employed cd by up hold ups have hare afforded a field for fOI much In in- in It has hns been discovered that the time man nina behind the time gun is tho the main actor In about SO 80 per cent of oC the holdups on iii the city streets No other holdup weapon can compare compare com corn pare hare In tho time favor of the up stick-up men with the time revolver It is by hI b far the most effective means of scaring the time vIctim into 1110 submission lon A big man mun ma nay may show light fight If Ie he lie is given a chance and ind even women will ivill use the effective hat But Dut It becomes a different matter when the tho victim is facing time thc black muzzle of a revolver It II Is the effectiveness of oC the time revolver which has established Jl Jt as the thc favorito favor favor- ito Ilc weapon of hugs thU The ordinary up stick man does docs not want to kill any anyone anyone anyone one and he is apt to do so if he lie used a abill bill billy The Thc time old-time slugging methods meth melh- od because time the they so often proved fa fatal fatal fa- fa a- a tal j nd ic lev to a more determined search for or The perpetrators have been practically abandoned There are arc few reports of the thc use of oC the thc billy for or purposes o of 01 robbery today The strong arm attack Is another old favorite has given awa away to the revolver C This necessitated the time presence of two thugs and there was always alwn's a chance that the time victim would scream and bring assistance Potentially the revolver Is as fatal as the time billy but there Is not always alwa's the necessity of oC shooting Most rost victims vic Ic ic tims are arc willing to take It Il for granted grant grant- ed that thai the time revolver re ol Is loaded and that the time man behind It will u use e It In fact the policy know of man many alleged re revolvers re- re which turned out to be he pieces of oe lead pipe or brass bruss Women os as CCO The Time chief concern of oC the thug Is to catch the time prospective victim unawares Whatever trick liick tends lends to throw him ort oft orthIs his guard Is bound to become po popular Them Them-c are hundreds of or clever ruses roses devised devised devised de de- de- de b by holdup artists In Chicago Time The Instinctive impulse of oC a man to go to the thc assistance of a Woman In iii trouble gives capital to time thc thug Inn Sian Many traps trap are arc laid COl Chicago or who arc disposed to be chivalrous b by a n woman woman woman wo wo- man cicco decoy who pretends to lo be In dis dis- time the would bc ld-be ld tress Leading gallant wo r rescuer r do o n a dark alley the dis- dis tn ie cd ed woman suddenly disappears when he lie la in beset ct by several thugs thu Generally Ii however tim the e im hwa imay comes out from a dark darle court or em alley and pokes the tho cold cold-barrel of or a l revolver under the victims victim's no noses c. c This 1 U Uthe time the effect of or startling the time thenan nan mn out ot of his hig j o self elon In this condition he lie Is completely at al lie Iho mercy mer mCI I cy of oe the time thug He lie docs does not mint care te to take mike an any aum chances chance and ammil can only onh submit with the th best grace possible Ill I'll Take J e Little He k to lo the police officials tho time professional holdup man rarely takes much risk 1151 He lie selects his victim with care Sometimes several persons will pass before the li right hl one comes conies Larken who has examined perhaps more more- holdup men than any other cel in iii Chicago Fa says s 's no imo professional stick up man unarm will a a man who Is walking w. alon along time Iho street awake Ide-awake with his right hand in Iii his overcoat pocket They The steer clear of men who alp appear ap ap- p pear par ar read ready for business said the time lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant The Time professional stick ui man mami takes no chances of any ammy gun sun play pia from his intended victim He lie will pass up all suspicious men and amid select only those tho e who appear appeal safe mafe I have tall talked ed with up hold-up men who tol told me inc they had stayed about a l street cornel coiner rev sov overal ov- ov oral eral hours before a man passed whom they believed to lo be safe sare |