Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1918 — Burglars’ Wartime Profits. [ARTICLE]

Burglars’ Wartime Profits.

New York burglars are in their hey l dey since the war has caused high prices of silks, woolens and other goods in which they deal. The Burglary Insurance Underwriters’ association announces that burglars have procured more than $1,000,000 worth of loot since the war began. Servant girls have been found who touch their fingers and thumbs with a new skin preparation and thus fool the Bertillon clerks. Burglars of the ordinary variety have been found hauling their loot through the busy streets in daylight hours, using borrowed vans.