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Four Burglars
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Four Burglars (also known as Cops and Robbers) is a classic card plot in which four cards (usually Jacks as the burglars) are placed in different parts of the pack, then later found assembled together on top of the pack.
Publications
- To Place the Four Kings in Different Parts of the Pack and Bring them together by a simple cut in Modern Magic (1876)
- The Burglars in 200 Tricks You Can Do by Howard Thurston (1926).
- Cops and Robbers in Expert Card Technique by Hugard and Braue (1940).