Dodge City times. [volume], June 09, 1877, Image 6

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T1TZ-GREES MALLECK.
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jiuulatiitfJdHratlonnflfaluWMsUitiicmXcw
YVwt- Vnfrf I'Mirt.
Atno-c their graven Miapea to whom
Thy civic, wreath belong,.
O. rltyof hta love make room
for one wliobe gift ww song.
o hi the (.nldlir ord to wield.
40r his the In Ira of tau ,
"or glory ol tlic trieken field,
or triumph of debate.
Jn common wuB, with common men,
HoWncd Ma nice and time.
Aa-we 11 if Jil clerkly van
Jlad nc r danced to rhyme
If, In the thronged and noi-y mart.
The Husc found their ran,
Ouid nnr cay hi lunelol art
Adut) hit undone?
lie toiled and sang, and year by year
Men found tin ir home wore neet.
And through a lende rer atmosphere.
Looked i.ouu on urUifit ailed street.
Tht.nfV.awlM onset Wall street knc,
1 be Bed Kin.-w alkcd Iiroadway.
Ana.Mnnick tusiic'A roscau.ew
1- mm f.aliadcs tu lia.
Fair city b) thosca! upraise
Hi ill i ith roermd hand;
And mingle Ith thj own the praise
And pndo of other lands.
Let tv-u lit fiery lyrio breathe
Aboie her hi ro urn-.
And Scotland, with hi r holly, wreathe
1 he Son era he lulleil for Hum.
O, Hatilv ftaml Hit palaco walls,
Thytallship ridethoaea:
To claT thy IKK t' name recall
A proudtr thoaght than these.
ot lent thy pulse of trade, hall beat,
Nor lei t hy tall fleet e win..
That shaded souare and du-tj street
Art! classic giound through him.
Alive, lie IoCf1.1He all wl.o sing.
The et hm of hi soug.
Too late the tardj meed wu bring,
Tlio praiso delayid so long
Too late, HlaI f all who knew k
Thelilincinan, to da
IW fore hU unt iled face, how few
Make bare tin ir lock of gnl !
Our lip of liraLe must soon bo dumb.
Our grali lul es, es- le dim ,
O, brother f the da a to come.
Take tender charge of him!
Xuw hand the wire of Ming may an cop,
New Mike challenge tame;
Hut let no mos- of yt an o er en ep
The line id 1 lallcck' name
DKTECTIVE KNOMLEDfiE.
lecullaritiei of some CIae of Law.
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the Art of s.iri!inulne l xlltif of
- or the m '' ,.,ur,i1'irr
jiaiiK-Mic.iki. .iihi i'h H-i of e.i .. ni-
lr-Iralrri Tnumitli,
Fntm the t. IxuU KopubUcuu
The lhe. the work and the habits of
iliosewii. gam ,v uvuiuou uj- .: ,-
breakii.ghajoalwajsanintert-.tforthc
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epncauie, ami lucre are ien wiu irue
not inn orcu -a T,iruiiS ue-ire .u -
ml lii lmnrlf thief or fiifnir.ini.in. 1
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The recent influx of notorious crooks,
which li .- git ui the police department
a mue more acute worKu.au ..,u u, i :
brou
into publio notice, and a Republican re-
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porter picked np among the detectives Hlaml a . of 10itrccts,witllouthi,.
a few items of infonnation which may seU bcin ..pe,,, and whence he can sig
not be uninteresting. ,, hU utmr&iiea ,ritiim to ,)r eon.
Outlatvrt- has its ela-e, or grades as ,;,, t,ldr work as outj,i(lc oircum.
distinctlv marked a, are the grades of stancto ,,romi,t. There must Inj at least
any lawful calung or occupation, and tnotlcrs w,ihin, lint there are somc
thc operators ,n either grade, as a rule, lm)cs morc The iniprovtd appliances
conliue themselt es to it. t m6IltioIleil ab( c conii,t of hul tem.
1 he work which requires the best , 0, rarfous g.s j a
nerve, the Million ledge of meehtliics wmcrful Kxr arrlnscmcnt. A hole
and the longest evpenenee, is that of i;,, , drlII(.,, into tlc "face of the safe,
what was formerly known as "safe- ,M "crew is fastened therein bt as-crew-blow
ing." 1 he expert safe-blow er of and ,ho 1UnL0 beiS braeeU
thecountrt-aretenfettiniiumber.and ,tnmglv a -dust tiie edges of the afe
OAten-ne operation ot that kind is re-
conlel. A wonderful progress has
marked llus trade. Fifteen tears ago
ineuiiiy ciieciite m.-.i. ... iwiicn tins
tiring class vl Uurglan. hail clis-
cotered for oivcning a safe
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w.LSlUatuf jMiunng iKiwderintotheke-'-liole,
or some drilled opening it hich en
abled them to. reach the catitics of the
lock. The powder King exploded, the
result would Iks cither such an expouro
of the bolt. as enabled them toshiiot
them back, or an exWsiire of the interi
or of tlu .safe itself. Iiut this method
tvas t cry defectit e, in that the no'w of
the explosion w as ucli as to give notice
lo the entire neigttltorhood lint some
thing unusual had happened, and thus
necessitate a prompt decampment.
tt uenever it was practicable, the opera
tors buried. the ate in boltsof clotlr.and
thus to a great degree deadened the
sound; but no process pould wholly oli
vine lie danger of discovery.
During the nat few 3 ear-., hott ever,
thu science of burglar) --and the calling
his certainly enlisted "some of the
ULsT INt LVTIt t .MIMH
of the w orld has dct elojicd a procesg
which has none of the drawbacks of the
'wowing" operation, and tt Inch has
nut safe manufacturers to a deal of brain
cudirclliiiir. When a larjre safe is to be
'" - ono turnuzh now, there are at least
three, and sometimes four or five, men
in the Job. Thcv are men tt hose mils-
telusand couragc'recommcnd them more
than their address, and tliur little jrnn
has a most thorough orsranization. For
several days pretious to the job
the one who has the manage
ment visits the locality, take his bear
ings, and seldom neglects to sight and
cou-idcr any little detail in the sur
roundings which may cut any figure in
the work. Sometimes it is deemed be-t
to reach the safe by cutting through the
floor above, sometimes to go through a
s.dcwall arainst w hich thctault is bunt.
i and sometimes to enter the room or bank
by forcing or unlocking the door.
n..i.w. ..ha ...n n tl nWI MflU Ftn ,-fWSfir'll
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where an entrance has been made by
I ...-.... .ntn n .. np liqi-inf, tLnn MWI1.
ClllII llll' .1 1-, l,,tl un.ii ..w
rate liearing'5 bymcasiircmeni, ami men,
by aid of s comjiass, tunneling under the
street and sidcwalkto the wall where the
entrance is to be made. The manager
his alo, in some case., to devise a
scheme for silencing a watchman, and
in order to work to good purpose it be-
lioocs mm to learn something 01 tne
characteristics and habits of the man he
ha to deal with, in order to determine
upon w hat plan to adopt, in getting rid
of him. A burglar alwajs prefers to
avoid inflicting persona! injury, if a gag
or a drug will eneai-wcll. Tim brand
of the afe must also be learned, in or
der tint the stj 1c of w ork may bo deter
mined beforclianu. liunrlars usually
hive a preference in safe, growing fre
quently, not -o mm n ironi tne mienor
ity of flic manufacture, as from the ex
perience which the lm e had in "blow
nig" that particular kind. A thorough
going professional, however, alwajs
makes it a point to secure engravings of
the interior arrangements and the locks
of all manufactures, and a study of
thcMi alw a enables him to act intclli-gentry-
AI1 preliminaries being completed,
the time is chosen for the work, the
choke favoringsuth time a will allow;
the large-t number of hours of freedom
fromiiitcrfercncc. '1 he tools arc trans-
, : ,,i ,rt 1, :..!.
, irOllCll IU k tjuijiciliuilk llrtLV u Mlui.
j Some of them arc cumbcr-omc, and
The , ,mcrfuT"iir
ItlilV tJVJ tllll ui-ui-vw i iiuunuv'
miuies." or uou-
bU-clgcd 6r pointed crowbars, are in
twQ M ,,. can be j6meil at the
middle with a rins beanns a screw
ti,!-..!
Thcse pieces are easily carried
b b .
Jo i
tub coat-sleeve.
AV,len the time t -n work arrfvcs
le w.ltclim ln if theTebe anv, is quiet-
it iiii)ncj ul. une man takes tneno-
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giincd i fairly irresistible, and the face
ot the iloor 01 side is lairly torn looe,
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imui un -ui u.u, i.i
large sledge, with a cotering on its face
to iiLJden the. noise of the blow, is
tigorouI applied to them. In this
w at the w ort progresses so -rapidly that
llurprofe'-ionaLs freely l)0.istthat,thcj
w ill enter an safe that is made, if tlioy
lie allow ed four hours to do it in. If,
as a detective remarked, the cracksmen
hail h id during the war the appliances
that they now command, there would
have been numerous gigantic robberies.
This class of operators do not, as a
rule, spend much, of their time in public
places, and the long evperience which
was necessary to qualifyaiuteiu for their
trade aln ay s enable.tliem to judge 'pret
ty will whether or not they are under
surveillance. St. Inis his not beon
troubled by any of this class for a con
siderable time. The list expert visitors
wore Botle and Wood, the ttto convicts
w ho made their escape from Sing Sing
li iiinitiiniT rtt ftn itirini T1S it tvkssih!
under a bridge on the grounds, captUT- j
ingtho engineer and fireman, tutting t
loose from the balance ot a long train,
and then turning on a full head of steam.
They were arrested here and identified
as the Sing 'Sing convicts, and they were
taken back. Mnce then they again
made their escape in manner almost as
bold, but were again re-eapturcd.
ANOTUEIt JlOTEll CltACKSMAN
who has litely honored us with a visit,
but w ho did not ply his calling here,
tt as liillv Forrester, who is one of the
ablest professionals in the country, and
who in some quarters is accredited as
hating been the perpetrator of the fa
mous "athan murder. Forrester ha
for set end tears been sojourning in the
Juliet Penitentiary for one of his jobs,
but has recently pardoned by Gov. Cul
lom, and comingto St. Louis took rooms
at the I.indcll, where lie remained scl
eral dits tvhiletakingin the sightsabout
town. Of course lie registered an as
sumed name, but his presence was no
secret. It w ill probably not be long be
fore he i heard from again.
A calling tt hich requires a higher or
der of ability than anv other in the
crooked line "is that of Lank-sneaks or
confidence operators. It is lietond
question that some of the brightest in
tellects of the country are devoted to
this calling. lSmk-sneakstratelinp.iirs
or trios, and their game is to enter a
bmk at an hour while some of the em
plot ces are at their meals, and w hile one
of them engage- in business contcrsa
tion witli the remaining teller or clerk,
the other jumps a rear counter and
nukes off with a liberal supply of the
money which American banks delight to
stack "up on open desks to dazlc custom
ers. '1 hey are the same dass who do
some of the finer burglaries of tlttcll-ing-houes,
sometime gaining an en
trance and tiew of the premises by
some business pretext, which enables
him to locate the places to be visited for
taluibles in a night-tisit and some
times taking the chances and entering
an upper story by means of a balcony
at an hour when the inmates arc at snji
per below. A tery large business of.
this latter kind is carried on through the
country, and the operators are seldom
caught. The same class occasionally,
stoop to t ho "hall racket,"which con-ists
of trting front doors in residence dis
tricts at an early hour of the ctening,
and, in cae anv are found unlocked, of
stripping the fiat-rack of hats, coats
and umbrella. At times these opera
tors pick up some shrew d and
1IVMIS031K WOMAN
who has the tact to carry out a triek
which has often been successfully prac
ticed on large jewelers. The worn in
goes to the jewelry-store, examines a
stock of fine jewels, makes liberal selec
tions and order them sent to her hotel
room, O. O. D. The messenger who
takes them to the hotel is so accommo
dating as to permit the jewels to lie
taken to an adtoiniiiir room of the suite.
to be show n to the lady's friend, and j
after half an hour's waiting he realizes
that the jewels and lidy are non et. Or,
the man orders a stock to lie -ent to his
wife that she may make her selec
tion-, and the messenger who takes'
them is found some hours liter tied up ,
in the room where the wife was to be, j
w ith his valuables all gone. Thislincof .
businc-s, as h is been stated, requires a
high order of ability, 'llie operator
must have a good address, must be a
good eont ersationalist, well posted on
current ct ents, and pos-essed of excel
lent judgment as to whom to victimize
and when to a"bindon a dangerous pro
ject. I hey are always dre--ed in the
iicislit of fashion, and M Ion" as their
money holds out they alwats stop at
lirst-cl.iss UoteLs. .uuiougn their oper
ations are neoe-sarilv tery bold, it is
t ery seldom that tliey are caught.
ril'K-rbcKETS
are a class next-in the order of respect
ability. As a rule thet do not tenturc
into other lines of thieving except when
tempted by exccptionillt "good oppor
tunities, in tlioe operators address or!
polish is not ncec-sary, and some of the
shrew det pickpockets of the country)
are menof rough exterior. Dexterity in
the u-e of the linger-, a quick eje and a
good jndgnientTts to tt here a haul 'can
bonnde with the-lea-t danger of diseot-'
ery, are the requisites of a successful
pick-pocket.. They operate almost ex
clusively in crowds, especially indoor
w ays of passage-ways w here throngs are
very dense, and w here a hand in onc's
pocket is not noMced as readily as under
oilier cireuuistauc es. Comfortable, easy
going people, and especially old ladies,
are the preferred tictims in a miscel
laneous crowd. Prize-lights, howcter,
are the pick-pockets' harvest, and it b
a common thing iu a crowd who are on
their way to these soirees to see pocket
books fly into the air from the hands of
some adroit fellow who has abstracted
the cash, and who desires to rid himself
of that it hich may lead to the indentifi
cation of the stolen money. If a cau
tious individual in a crott'd of this de
scription attempt to protect his proper
ty by holding his hands in Ins lockets
there are -cteral schemes for overcom
ing that obstacle, .t crowd of crooks
will gather round him and liegin to
surge, and presently the victim finds him
self lifted
CI.KAU OIF HIS Hl.T,
with a. strange hand under each arm
tt hich lifts liis hands clear out of his
pockets. When ho gets back to terra
firmu his pocket-book is missing. At
a recent prize-fight a tery amusing oc
currence of this kind took place. A
cattle-dealer, of t ery quiet, self-possessed
demeanor, w as w alkinjr through the
train which was carrying the crowd to
the fight, witli his hands stowed deep
into hi pockets. I'caching the middle
of the car, lie was surrounded and " lift
ed" bt a crowd of jotial fellows, who
shot Fiim along clear to the end of the
car, but seemed to lie disappointed.
When the quiet indit itltiil got to the
door of the car, he turned around, hold a
roll of greenbacks aloft, and tellcd
"You , I've got it yet!" "Thcy
had succeeded in getting his hands out
of his (lockets, but lie had kept the tt ad
of money in his grasp, and the search of
his pockets w.ls a walcrhaul. The
crooks w ere a sidly disappointed lot.
Another scheme forgetting men's hands
out of their pockets is known as the
" Jew piek-poekot racket." A careful
jiarty, who is complacently clutching
his pocket-book", is suddenly lifted near
ly out of his boots by a prod between
the shoulders with a darning-needle.
He instinctively grab for the punctured
spot, forgetful of all else, and turns
around to do jntice to the fellow that
struck him. He is confronted by a po
lite chap, tt ho humbly begs pardon and
explains that he happened to stumble
with the needle iu his hand and hence
the accideut. Meanwhile alight-fingered
pal i going through the unguarded
pockets, and by the time the tietim
gets through rubbing the woui.d, his
money and the sharpers hate dis
appeared. Uhere are other specialties which
can not be touched upon in the limits of
this article. A good detective mAes it
a point to see a thief or burglar, or a
picture of one, whenever opportunity
offers, and to fir the features in his
memory. Detectives can not, however,
depend upon their personil knowledgo
or aquaiutanco for working up a case.
They are very materially aided by a
practice which nearly ctery burglar,
thief and eonfidence-oerator in the
country is addicted to. Wbcneter these
parties make a good haul their first
move is to visit some of the houses of
the demi-moudc, tt here a liberal portion
of the easily acquired money is expend
ed in wines and merry -making, and
where they almost to a certainty ret eal
their calling. A detcctitc, consequently,
who has a large acquaintance among
fast women can in a short time learn
the names of nearly every crook who
his come to town, "and is thus largely
aided in working up a cac.
Useful Information.
The bulk of fertile soils consists of
three earths, to-tt it: silica, alumina, and
lime. Unmixed with clay, sind, and
other organic and inorganic substances,
lime consists of the metallic element
calcium, and as it enters into the com
position of all plants, it necessarily oc
cupies a large space in nature's labora
tory. Chemistry tells us it lias an affin
ity "for water anil carbonic acid; when
applied to the land it absorb water,
forming hydrate of lime; this hydrate
then absorbs carbonic ncid, so that lime,
thougli applied to the land in the caustic
state, really exists, shortly after its ap
plicitfonf , m the fprm of carbonate,
along with a little sulphate and phos
phate as pretiously mentioned. Lime
ha3 for a long time been ucd as a fer
tilizer; when land previously unworked
is brought into cultivation, or when
woni out pasture land is broken np,
lime is generally applied. It affects
chiefly the vegetable contained in the
soil, promoting its decomposition, and
thus rendering it available as plant
food.
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