Show fis OFTEN I 1 I Carelessness In Not Lock Locking ing lug Car Gives Crooks Their Chance By Dr IT II CLIffORD Technical Director H W cst cat Side Ideo Y 3 It If ItC C t I X N Y The theft ot of o an automobIle Is often n du due to the cal of nn an I owner U Up Re may mav leave lea hIs hia k key y In Inthe Inthe the car thereby l extending a hearty I for i omo waiting thief 1 to steal It Almost every try car has some kind hind ot of o locking des de device deIce Ice or other which will III greatly handicap a thle thief in ITI his operations There is the Ignition lock which IS er verv common home ome cars arc aro qUIPped equipped so 0 Iho gear shift Ie loser er can be he locked d In nl neutral I Some machines s ha have hase e t T t steerIng wheel lock which lock makes males it Impossible sible to steer Er the car There Is isi 1 device deice de Ice which may mav be he to tho the tire which makes it II possible to 10 track the stolen carIt car carIt It if the owner will exercise l rea- rea son rea-son-ible care n ri l locking c the car carand carand and taking the key with him who who-i he heI I It it even leO l n tOT for 8 a short hort time he be will reduce to a minimum the thc I chances ot of o ba having in hl his car stolen n But this does not necessarily mean nI I that his auto will null not be for or crooks sometimes outwit it even the most careful 0 owners ners S crook ma watch alch a t cat cal for or weeks until lie he becomes thoroughly thorough I famIlIar Ith the habits of ot an owner The crook learno how bow long tong the 0 owner ivea ner Iles hi his car clr It nt tim cut places Ito He may be able to get gt a y ey y th that t fits it an ani thereby gt a away wIth his booty rather easily A crook ma may have hae ha an on plc w 10 ho works worl w t Ith him Ih accomplice may come comp along alone at a prearranged limo timo an and with Ith the tho of ot the crook 10 tow the car caraway caraway away as though it were Mere ere aud au was blo being taken to a for tor repair What hat auto thieve do with stel- stel stelen stol stolen en cars Irs depends s upon the motive motho ot of the thief Usually tho the thief thet s 's bent on a financial reo re- reward re reward ward artI for or his work orle lie He may take the car tar to a garage I where re ho he changes es the tho license number lie He Hema ma may paint it some n new w color olor He Homay may alter aller the external The Tho result Is apt pt to 10 be 10 a Il car ear that e den ell the real 0 owner ncr would find I hard bard to recognize fhE Then rhen the crook will undertake I to s sell slI lI his ne newly Iy ac- ac acQuired acquired ac acquired machine for tor what he can get which is apt to n net t him a good profit on the dealA deal 1 dealA A friend of mine recently hal had I his car stolen He lie finally It In the pv private le garage of or a 0 wealthy weal weal- wealthy thy e estate the 1 he owner of oC this country home borne was waa as abroad In ml oCI 1 I Ue the caretaker left lett in charge wa was In Il league ague the Ihle thief Whenever 1 InI I 1 tho ho th thief let stole Etole a cir r hi hr hp took it to this hIs hig the out place hEre is here toI ther thera there wa a was trIll little chance chan p o of its bE be- be being ing be Ing found This particular crook was as Aught hught In the act net n fit ic i 1 t Brooklyn n physician auto When hen given ghen en th the third do- do de degree gree he con confessed 1 to 10 having stolen r cars and to having hasing hid them In the girago rago on this estate i 01 In it was a discovered red that there were ere three stolen cars in lii thIs garle among VI which was 0 my frIends frIend's machin II HP l lila hIs car although it was as much mUth the tho MorSe orso tor for wear lr Som Some ears cars rs are ari ar stolen just tor for the th fun of o it II Thit I Is I to sa ea say SOI O male with Ith o I and meager r resources sources wants to tomake tomake make malo a hit lilt with some charmIng toI I female He lIe thinks In in automobile affectIon will III help h lp him in the tho pursuit of ot hr h I I I I I I I I I |