Show BEWARE OF THECLA 88 THE occupation OF titis THE pickpocket THRIVES so OP OF THE LATEST GAMES S OF THE so some talt tales of light fingered faifer tas in crowded street ca can s women who operate as rick pooL thomas byrnes byrne letter ICK R POCKETS POCKET S arx are perhaps the 2 most interesting of all rogues tor for the reason t that h at everyone is likely to come into contact with them at 1 any time another thin thing about them which renders them interesting is their ingenuity this crops up almost every day and the marvelous versatility of their expedients is only equaled by their simplicity A man was arrested recently wh choso whoso system illustrates this admirably dra y he be like ilka nearly all male pickpockets pick pockets was well dressed and wore a handsome diamond pin his habit was to board a crowded car with his hia gloves on but his left one unfastened ile he would stand or on the rear platform sizing up the crowd and pretending to exert himself in fastening his hia leff glove giove unable enable to manage it ho he would turn to the man he had selected as his victim and say I 1 pardon bardon me but would you oblige me ma by fastening my glove at the same time he would extend the band taking care that the ann be well covered by the cape of kis his coat while biale the olli obliging ging stranger fastens the glove the pickpockets pickpocket pick pockets a right hand Is engaged in abstracting his watch such a man works with a confederate to whom he passes the watch the confederate promptly leaves the car while the tha principal remains tor for several blocks female pickpockets pick pockets invariably use cloaks to shield them while stealing they are the most dangerous thieves because the most patient they always dress plainly and unobtrusively but it will be found that they are always en shrouded in a voluminous cloak or shawl they work alone and are ara difficult to detect because of their craftiness A man is almost suie sure to blow in the proceeds of his haul not a soi with a woman she will not di dispose L of an aa article of jewelry e alry for mouths months or even years it if there is 13 the slightest risk attending its sale if she has stolen money frion py she will use it carefully andio and so as sot to attract attention to herself superintendent byrnes is fond of telling a story stoa about a woman w who ho a bag containing baay an Y thousands of domars and who entered a religious institution immediately after remaining concealed there until the death of her victim made it safe for her to reappear and again ply her old trade trad there is only one way of picking a pocket that is to insert your hand into the pocket sometimes great dexterity has to bo be used in doing this here is a favorite method now in me se among the file gentry who work the crowded cars two men work together ono one ascertains who Is ia to be robbed and from w which cidh pocket the booty is to bo be taken this needs delicacy of touch he first r selects e the victim then he gets alon alongside 9 him and by rapidly passing passin bi his s linds hands over his pockets locates the purse pocketbook or roll of bills the bae fa car r is is cr crowded and the victim is is not suspicious of the tha jostling he receives most men carry their money in their left trousers tron sers pocket thinking that no mau man can get his hanain hand n there without being detected the victim selected and the prize located the second man places himself squar elyin front of him the first crowds ap u behind him on the right side aide the re operator his arm concealed by a coat or cloak passes his hand carefully over the lips of the pocket if the man in to be robbed is standing straight the ups lips of the pocket are drawn dose together gither to and it I 1 A FEMALE is dangerous to attempt the insertion of the hani hand i A code bode 0 E d signals is arranged for this emergency A low toned clearing of the throat signals tho the confederate to exert exert a light alight pressure upon the vie victims right shoulder this is done very gradually and is so imperceptible that the man yields to it unconsciously slowing turning his body without moving his feet this causes the lips of the pocket to open the operator thoin then pulls the lining of the pocket out inch by inch with his thumb and fore finer when the roll of bills is ivil within reach of the fhe adgers it is quietly withdrawn Ath drawn and instantly to the confederate federate son ton who leaves take car directly while the operator remit re malis as should the traveler feel the aastra abstraction of the booket lining a low cien of the la is ii a a signal 9 to drop the earns came sue suc eeg Is announced by a 91 gena 1 chirrup watches and pins I 1 us are Bira pla I 1 ll 11 things thiap to steal the it e usual 0 method o d of nipping a watch Is ia to use a pair of liard hard stroner steel pincers jwuc with which thi the heaviest chain is cut but ut there is a peculiar twist of the thumb and forefinger known to every pickpocket by arana of which the watch riny ring is twisted off in ib a street car the watch is raised rom its pocket by means of the chain the opera operators toes hand being concealed by I 1 a newspaper or the cape of a coat the tha ring is twisted off by a sharp turn of the he fingers and the watch falls into the palm of the opera operators toes hand the chain is allowed to drop A man was recently arrested for 1 Is stealing te e a li a valuable diamond pin his I 1 method e th was to read a newspaper while standing in a crowded car this paper he held high enough to conceal the pin from the eyes of the man who wore it A attracted the attention of the victim by falling into a 4 ladys lap As s the victim glanced around the tha cope operator fator raised a ittle pair of forceps by means of which he gently twitched the pin from the mans scarf caught la his hia hand and passed it to a confederate in this particular case a man malt sitting in the car happened to so fee e the whole operation and the vogue rogue was caught another crook has a stick with a rook crook in the handle ingeniously made so BO as ae to enable him to twist a jeweled 9 SN S N 5 A LI G T A YS HAT EAT ys pi pin n from a lady s bonnet this is so rapidly done that the woman is is unconscious of her har loss until S sho he takes take 0 off ff her hat at home blome women are the best robbers of women they know where to look for pockets and how to get at them expeditiously one woman has a system of her own which she has brought to perfection perfect ian an she uses a long iong pair of sharp harp shears wi with t these thase she clips the pocket out of a woman womans comans dress it falls bathe the je round with lita coo t tents grifs e and tha ta thief p picks akk I 1 alt it up up and loses herself in the crowd by working it up lip gradually from the a celebrated celebrate d pickpocket took a large and well veil filled wallet from the inside breast pocket of a mans frock coat a t the coat was tightly buttoned and over it was an ulster also closed the pocketbook was worked up until its corner was visible above the lapel of the owners coat A confederate balled called the victims attention by creating a disturbance disturb anca in the tha car and being ejected from it in the tha confusion th that t zo ensued the wallet was turned so as to free it entirely from the pocket then it was gradually pushed down until it wis WAS about to drop to the floor there it was left until the victim moved to leave the car then s as he pushed through gili tha th crowd doing his own jostling the wallet fell and he did not notice it the thief dropped the newspaper he ha was reading and in picking it up raised the wallet which I 1 instantly i n disappeared under tho the ca cape of his U overcoat acost THOMAS taomas ES |