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Show CRACKSMEN ARE COWARDS. Slorl.a of llnralara llelng llrsve Art All Ho.h. "Hold burglars, or bold 'crooks' of any sort, are much more scarce than their victims have any Idea of. They don't succeed because they are bold or have bravery that amounts to more thnn sublime assurance, hut because the great majority of their victims are cowards," said burglar ust out of ths penitentiary st Juliet, III. "A burglar burg-lar with cense," bo continued, "knows that people will get nut of his wsy as a rule and will be only too glad to allow him to escape rather than run the risk of having their own skint hurt. I bsve known a man to lla wake In bed and make believe bs was ssleep, hoping that the burglar In bis room would get through his work snd hurry away without hurting him. Ilw was a coward, and the burglar, who was Jutt as big m coward, took advantage of the fart He knew the man was awake. If that man hsd moved the burglar would have "ske-dmlilled." "ske-dmlilled." with visions of a bullet behind be-hind hi in. Of course, If burglar Is cornered, he Is like a rnt In the same fix he will fight. "Cowardice slmpty Invites burglars. If the rule waa to receive burglars with a club fr revolver there would be lots fewer'in the. biMlness. If men were willing to take n little chnnce of being hurt burglars wouldn't tnke chances wllh them. No men are more cnreful of their hides thnn burglars, and their courage amounts only to a reliance on the weakness of humnn nature. Think or the cownrdlce which allows two or three men to bold up two or three dmcn men In a railway rail-way trnln. A II tt lo grit would enable en-able them to overthrow the highwaymen highway-men In a minute, but each one Is afraid to lend, snd they submit like sheep. The profession underatands this. After two or three cases at Jumping on the trnln robbers even at the risk of some Injury or even denth there would be no more train rob-herlea. rob-herlea. Hut people, submit, and tio business goes on. llravery of buf-lars buf-lars Is bosh." |