Popular science monthly . A neat, and attractive flower-box forthe window garden has a tube forwatering and a perforated false bottom This kitchen sink has an attach-ment on each side which providesextra space whenever desired 559 The Wiles of the Automobile Thief TlllvRl-^ Ls a department in lluliureau of New York police whichdoes nothing all the year aroundbut round up automobile thie\es. W henan automobile is stolen, the case isimmediately referred to the StolenAutomobile Squad. The professional automobile thiefhas the air and appearance of apolished gentleman. He is of theresourceful Raffl
Popular science monthly . A neat, and attractive flower-box forthe window garden has a tube forwatering and a perforated false bottom This kitchen sink has an attach-ment on each side which providesextra space whenever desired 559 The Wiles of the Automobile Thief TlllvRl-^ Ls a department in lluliureau of New York police whichdoes nothing all the year aroundbut round up automobile thie\es. W henan automobile is stolen, the case isimmediately referred to the StolenAutomobile Squad. The professional automobile thiefhas the air and appearance of apolished gentleman. He is of theresourceful Raffles type. Hedresses perfectly, and hi:- coni- If the ignitionsystem is locked thethieves quickly in-stall one of theirown temporarily. niand of luiglisli is great enough todeceive (he most suspicious of ingenuity seems to be l)oundiess. It may be that an automobile tliii-ihas stolen a car under your \ery nose!He is the last man you would appnjaches an empty automobile, Sometimes the empty automobile is sim-ply hitched to a truck and towed away Such olistacles as chain-locks arc in-consequential trifles to the professionalthief. He simply cuts them with nippers climbs in wiih careless case, starts the engine and drives away. When he is two or three blocks away, his confederates will climb in, and the car will be driven hastih into some deserted street. The first step is to disguise tiie , usually from another state,•ire liastiK clamped o\er the originalplates. The hood is lifted, the serialnumbiT of the engiiu- is likil or grouinlaway, and new numbers an- stamped intheir |)lace. The numbered on therunning-board is remo\ed and anotiiersubstituted. Imiiedinienla, such as m
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