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Show ADEPT CROOKS OF MEXICO. Pickpockets In the Neighboring Republic Re-public Are Exceptionally Adroit. To a supcrsi nslble degree the fine Italian hand Is still to be met with among Mexican pickpockets. They are noted for their artistic performances perform-ances in light-fingered tegerdcranln Only a few months slnco tho chief of pollc of nn American city, whose name need not be menltnned, was robbed of his watch twlco within two days, nnd finally the timepiece was returned to him by tho very "rntero" who bad taken It, nor did the American Ameri-can officer have tlmo to catch tho thief, whose audacity threw him off his guard. Why tho pickpocket took tho troublo to restoro tho wntch, for which he wns able lo realize a month's wages at the nearest "cm peno," Is not clear, but perhaps he heard the owner talking of tho smart pickpockets in bis own country and the Mexican took such pride In his own professional ability that ho took occasion to rebuke the American. |