Show european thieve go in f I 1 for large scale thefts theft A man br brought i ought up at chester cheater affixes for stealing baggage was vath no fe fewer er than 77 different thefts all ail committed since he had last come olit out of prison about eight months earlier the value of the stolen goods was wag put at 1300 this Is by no means a record recently a german named peter flink who was sentenced at cologne to eight years peral servitude confessed to separate thefts in one on year the value of the goods being in paris a man named Foe foerschler was arrested and charged with three burglaries ue he burst out laughing three burglaries I 1 have hare broken nto into houses bouses since my last birthday he sald said and by nil all accounts this boast seems to have been a true one another frenchman joseph achl cot was a thief for ore five years before he was detected 01 1 I have committed a burglary almost every night for the past five years except on saturdays said when arrested he be had kept a diary with a careful record of some 1500 crimes the value of uie the stolen goods foods was noted in every case and the total exceeded close to according to pearsons Pear sona week weekly london |