| Show SUM PICKING FOR CROOKS Men in Plain Clothes Protect Conference Crowds From Prom Grafters Grafters who came to Salt Satt Lake to work the crowds gathered here hette to attend the Mormon conference were cautious yesterday and no arrests were made although there were wera reports of several stolen pocketbooks and hand handbags handbags handbags bags during the day policemen In plain plainclothes plainclothes plainclothes clothes mingled with the crowds in the streets and followed all suspects that came under their notice There was a report that a gang of ot fakers was selling phony phon jewelry in Main street but none nono of the swindlers was arrested The method of these ras rascals rascals rascals cals was to exhibit a brass ring set with a colored stone and pretending that it had been a birthday gift in bet better better better ter days tell teU a tale talc of f hard luck lurk and offer It for of Its real value Chief of or Police Pitt PIU stated yesterday afternoon that none of the reports of stolen pocketbooks had reached him him Tho The day da has passed quietly he lie said The visitors have been protected by men detailed for that pur purpose purpose purpose pose and not n t one loss due to the th activity ity of rooks crooks has reached me Mrs M ir E Anderson of Ogden on leaving a depot dellot car at First South and Main streets yesterday morning found that her hand bag which she had placed upon the seat beside her was as missing Fortunately her purse was not in the hand bat bar as she had slipped it into the pocket of her Jacket jackel after paying her fare The hand bag con eon contained contained tamed articles of small value James Peterson of Park City had his pocket picked of ot 10 at Second South and Main streets during the afternoon He had changed a 20 gold piece in a astore astore astore store in the vicinity and had placed planed a 10 bill which he had received In change In his vest pocket Twenty I minutes later he felt in his pocket and I the bill was gone I |
