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Show THSEVES AVOID ' CLOSED SUH Coupe and Sedan Not Desired Desir-ed By Professional Car Thieves , WASHINGTON- March 26 Another An-other argument In favor of the closed car has Just been brought out by police po-lice records in Chicago and ether 1 cities It has been proved that the professional pro-fessional motor ear thief is wary of the sedan or oupe and that he takes j full opportunity presented by the open car that is left rfandin for any Icngfn of time. In many cities the automobile thief has become a public enemy. His ac-J thltles do not discourage the ownership owner-ship of automobiles, but In some Cities his " work'' has boosted insurance rites. Motorists who have experienced experi-enced contact with him know that no insurance covers the annoyance of finding an empty garage or a vacant space at the curb and the consequent delay before policy adjustment rim i i I GLS STORY Recently the police of Chicago un-dertooki un-dertooki drive to break up bands oi "i -an,.-. , i,itr , ., r piratr s. i ho thefl .f a car, they realized, usually leads to another crime in which the stolen vehicle Is employed as an in-j strument of escape Rounding up the! leaders of several groups of thieve, they took them to headiuartt rs Where for several days stenograph.:: wre kept busy taking their confessions. The story of a Captured car thief, who confessed he had operated for five years without Interruption, was in i i rt as follows: "Although I had several voting kids! helping me, I handled most of tho Jobs! myself. My method was to station a! boy near an office building banx, theater the-ater or even u residence district. b n he saw i cor pull up and the driver leave he wduhl call me on the phone. "If It was a closed car we seldom' tackled it unless certain that we' would not be seen or surprised by the! owner for some time. Some closed! cars, of course, have locks on all doors. Others have ( atehes that permit per-mit the opening from the Inside, with j but one lock and that on the right' fore door These were the hardest, for that door Is usually toward the curb, while It is Impossible to pick at the lock without great chance of detection. de-tection. WEEKLY THE! rS "Whore there were locks on the' street side I could crouch alongside! the running board and work in the shadow of the car, keeping watch' through the glass sides for the approach ap-proach of tho owner. It wa simple to walk away If he enme toward his car. "In stealing an open car we could stand on tho far side from tho curb, reaching over the da.sh to jlnV the ignition or gear lever. The car itself hid us from tho house or office. It was simple. one0 we had the ignition opened, to slip the gears Into first, push the starter with one hand and glide away, still crouched on the run-nlnir run-nlnir board and steering with one hand In taking open cars in this manner the car protected ns in cose the owner should be armed and start shooting, and we oould handle It much mmmit.m.u more easily than a closed model, as you will understand. "I lost track long ago. but I guess I stole about fixe ears a week. We drove them out in the country to sell them. W never got much for them. Of all the cars I stole, not n fifth of thom were cloned maohlnep Wh.i ''sH tho use r-f taking chances when IhoioS ' CP I |