Show t Cleverness R Required To o Trap Smart mart Crook It takes a clever detective to catch i a cl clever ver crook The other day the Salt Lake City po police police po- po lice department was advised that a smart pickpocket was apparently working 7 around the Greyhound bus depot in the Temple Square hotel Two Two- persons had hadI I reported to depot authorities that they had lost wallets one containing 37 and Iff the other 13 Neither man knew of A the loss until some time after the Pickpocket pick Pick- pickpocket pocket had relieved him of his money Two detectives went over to the depot to see lee if they could spot the thief at work One of them was standing on the loading platform watching the crowd He said he saw a man jostling one of the passengers passengers and and then saw the fellow sUp slip his his' hand into a pocket and withdraw a wallet Confronted by the detective the pickpocket r ran n off tossing the stolen wallet under a bus Later the detective and his partner arrested a year old man who was booked at city jail jaU on a charge of grand larceny Vh Whether ther the detectives got the right man is not yet established but they have given the public a chance to see how clever pickpockets work and how difficult difficult difficult cult it is for victims or even police to catch them in the act It takes clever police work to catch such and were we're glad to know that we have detectives on the Salt Lake force who are clever enough to spot a clever pickpocket pickpocket pickpocket pick pick- pocket in tie the t e act and we hope that despite this crooks crook's elusive tactics they did get the right man |