Show GOOD COPS AS EASY MARKS A retired bunko mans idea of the balno of to tho an old time crook stood on a broadway corner in the tenderloin district late one night recently watching a young policeman trying tha store doors the policeman did the work with greaff oare and regularity a careful copper the crook volunteered addressing a man who was standing a few feet away yes replied the other evidently he wants to gain tho good opinion of his superiors the old time crook laughed it would surprise you ho continued it to hear that that sort of a careful cop is a dead easy mark for thieves 9 1 I dont see how returned the citizen easy enough retorted the crook it a your careful copper that can be easily spotted the man who is going to do a job knows just where ho will be on his post at a certain time and can figure out just how long the coast will be clear and the job can be carried on the carall cop goes at his work just like clockwork now with what borne persona would call a bad cop ats different the crooks are afraid of these bad coph the fly fellows that take big chances and stay off post when the around they can never tell just where a bad cop is or when ho will jump out and catch them at their job see there is no known system of keeping track of cm because they dont do business themselves by any system those bad cops dont then the old time crook walked into a saloon and got a drink leaving the citizen on the corner wondering the citizen learned the identity of the crook when he narrated the incident later to the proprietor of the bame saloon the fellow was a retired bunko man new york sun |