CURIOUS BURGLAR TOOLS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 32, 1 November 1907, Page 8

CURIOUS BURGLAR TOOLS.

Rats and dogs must now •" be \ included among the assistants of the export , burglar;'••' The animals are used by the burglar to as-■'. certain'if tho coast is clear, '-the mode .of • operation being somewhat : as follows:— ■■■■ i "Tho 'cracksman' may have fixod' upon certain promises where ho suspects' there are.-;.-burglary alarms.. He accordingly forces open a small window-*and puts through two' or three rats, brought to the scene in a basket. Accompanying him' also is a ratting terrier, and this animal he also puts through the window. If there is a burglary alarm" anywhere about, the bounding of tho dog after the... rats will set it in motion, and the burglar : leaves the doc;, and the rats to their' fatal ■ -■• Should there do no ringing of bolls he"'en-.,: tors. -.-..!' ■ ■ ■ *'■■ '■' V "Another common dodge is for tho'burglar ■ to send a telegram to a suburban housewife' as follows: —'Come at onco to Hospital. Husband very ill.' Should the; telegram effect its purposb, the burglar sets to work. • "Oysters arc sometimes aids to a,felony. After the husband has gone'a man will'call at a house with two or. three,dozen ,oystor»,v. displayed on a.tray. These, he-willideclare, .' have been ordered by the master of tho house, :;.; and while they are being gathered up .by: the servant or'' wife it second rogue .will enter.. j the house by the back door, pick up all, he . can, and hide. In n little \flnlo the, oyster- • man will return with the statement.that he, . has mistaken the house. The oysters will be ■ brousht back to him, and.while, they aro-.be-iiiß placed one by one oil'his tray Ins con-, federate finishes his work and makes his ■ escape.." . , .-,; ~.>■ :■ ■' ■'' '