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Show BURGLAR TAKES $500,000 LOOT Chicago Burglar Confesses te Large String of Crimes -Chicago. Ilurgluries of Bcores ol homes, tho loot from which totaled more thnn $fiOO,000, wero attributed by tho pollco Sundny to Edward ("Hddlo") Collins, known as thr "sclontlflc burglar," and from whom, thoy said, they had obtained a detailed de-tailed confession. Collins, nccordlng to the police, ul ways mado it n rulo to "work ntono, never to bother. with whnt ho called "small stuff," und to specialise In a profitable f territory vfcl.cli he kno Uioroughly. Most of tils alleged roh berles wore oommittod during Uie ah sence of owners from their homos. After ho had picked up everything worth while In u houso or apartment It was said, ho would uso tho telephone tele-phone to call n tnxlcab In which to mnke his escape. Tho boldness of lv operations drove police nnd detectives to dosporatlou. All of his lll-gotton gains, ho wni quoted us saying, had been spent on drugs, and It wns to the craving foi those that he attributed his downfall |