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EARLY 20TH-CENTURY GENTLEMAN BURGLAR'S CANE browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts:Instruments and Implements:Walking Sticks:Pre 1930: item # 186358 Please refer to our stock # Burglar when inquiring.
Shelton Gallery and Fine Silver 5133 Harding Road B-10, PMB #392 Nashville TN 37205 (615) 477-6221 Guest Book $1100 |
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| This gentleman burglar's cane is a square forged iron rod with a 4-1/2 inch wide, L-shaped handle and integral fluted ferrule. The handle and collar are nickel plated and the shaft is ebonized. Overall length is 34 inches. The walking stick belonged to an older New Yorker who terrorized jewelry stores, smashing showcases while his wife scooped up the jewels. He stayed at the scene of the crimes, leaning on his cane, with his elegantly dressed wife, the jewelry in her pockets. He never got caught. It is said he financed an orphan's home with the proceeds of the jewelry he fenced. In business he was known as Iron Rod. This modern-day Robin Hood left his belongings and this relic to charity. | |||||||
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