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Show POLICE ASKED T0 AID NEW YORK Photographs, Finger Prints and Histories of All Pickpockets Pick-pockets on Record Desired. New York, April 10. The police of all the large cities in the country were asked today to help rid New York of pickpockets. The local authorities au-thorities seek photographs, finger prints and histories of all the pick pockets on record In the United States. The crusade was launched here on account of the systematic way In which the light fingered fraternity of lato have escaped punishment. Police magistrates and representatives of the police department, at a conference confer-ence today decided that the best way o stop this was to perfect their rogues' gallery rlecords and take advantage ad-vantage of a recent decision of the court of appeals, which makes It legal to use the sworn testimony of a complainant com-plainant even though the complainant fails to appear in court. This would frustrate the favorite scheme of pickpockets pick-pockets under arrest, who send friends to buy off complainants or Intimidate In-timidate them. |