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Show Burglars in Britain Average $3.50 Weekly London. Assertion by Sir William Greaves Lord. K. C, of Manchester, that the average Income of burglars In England Is only about $3.50 a week has started a dlscuslson throughout the country on the earnings of thieves. The police believe Sir William underestimates them. In making his estimate he allowed for the time the average thief or robber spends In prison. , Detectives estimate that clever porch climbers and other burglars in the larger cities average perhaps $(W to $70 per week. The best paid are the crack burglars who rob homes of the wealthy. Con dence men are next. The poorest money getters are the pickpocket and the motor thief. The ordinary pickpocket, they estimate, esti-mate, makes $20 to $30 a week ; i i |