| Show PICKPOCKETS AND BURGLARS AGAIN INFEST SALT LAKE 1 Confidence Confidence men and pickpockets members member of the gang which has operated operated operated oper oper- throughout the West for several months are rampant In Inthe tho city taking tak talc log ing advantage of the conference crowds to ply their trades The gang Is Js composed of men and women who mingle with the crowds crowde and singling out their victim rob him of his money and escape The tabernacle tabernacle tabernacle tab tab- grounds Is the chief field held of operation for the pickpockets but Fever several l Instances where they have operated on street cars going to and from the state fair faJr grounds have been called to the attention of the police Singularly enough no case of ofa a a. pickpocket operating at the fair fairgrounds fairgrounds fairgrounds grounds has haa been n brought to police attention but nevertheless it is generally generally gen gen- I known that pickpockets are at Sit the fair Burglars rs- rs are i also busy sy Homes Homes in various arlous parts of the city have been looted the robbers ransacking the i houses houles completely That an organized gang of bicycle thieves Is operating in the city is evident evi e evi- evi dent by the police records Two hundred hundred hun bun dred and seven forty bicycles of various vari Tari- flue ous makes have bave been stolen since January 1 of this year and never re re- re covered Perhaps twice that number have ha been stolen and either found by bythe bythe bythe the owners or recovered by the police pollee The approximate value of these un- un recovered bicycles would be It Its Its s 1 s generally thought that these bi bicycle bicycle hi- hi cycle thieves have adopted a a. system of rebuilding the bicycles and then selling them In this way the owners arc are often otten In fact virtually always alwa's unable to Identify their bicycles The thieves file flie o off ot the number plates rendering rendering rendering ren ren- dering identification Impossible The police olice are unable to find any clue which might lead to the identity of the thieves What becomes of the stolen bicycles is a mystery It is evident to the police that the wheels are either shipped out of ot the city and disposed of through a a. lence fence or ot are sold through some local second hand dealer Due to tho the fact that the humber number plates are generally filed off ort the stolen bicycles the frames are re repainted repainted re- re painted and the accessories are changed Jt it is impossible to identify the stolen wheels at second hand strops N. 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T OConnor O'Connor a a. tourist of lan Kan- Ill complained to the police pollee yesterday that he hf had been tn tI fn inveigled It'd by two confidence men to Join in a dollar matching game and lost 80 He said he met one of the confidence men at the tabernacle grounds Theman Theman The Theman man professed to be a to tourist like himself and they spent some time taking in the sights Later they met meta a a. third man who proposed the dollar matching game me Robert Watson Vatson 8 Goss cou court t. t reported re reported reported re- re ported that his pocket had been picked of ot a wallet containing JS sa He said that two men squeezed him into a corner comer at First South and Main Maln streets and soon afterward he missed his wallet The wallet empty was found In an on alley way vay close b by Allen Rowe Howe of Mona Utah reported report report- ed the loss of a wallet containing 20 He said that he was jostled by two men while board a street car Burglars entered the store of Frank South Main street early yesterday morning and stole a quantity of cigars tobacco and candy candy candy can can- dy valued at about 25 S. S J. J who gives the Linden hotel as his address complained of having ha been robbed of 21 and a Masonic Masonic Masonic Ma Ma- sonic membership card by a woman pickpocket While members of 01 the family of J. J I Ix II Dorsey Dorset 1444 Fifth Filth East street were away from home last night burglars burglars bur bur- entered the house and looted it They ransacked every room and closet in their quest for loot They took Jewelry and a suit case of a avalue avalue avalue value of 01 about 50 O. O Ben R. R Eldredge inspector of or the dairy division of the United States bureau of animal animal- industry reported to the police that burglars had entered entered entered en en- his home ome some somo time tim Saturday night and taken Jewelry camera and clothing valued at Entrance to the home was gained by forcing open a 4 window with the aid of 01 a a. Jimmy A buggy driven by Elmo Calton 1029 East Sixth South street was wrecked last night when stuck by an automobile driven by an unidentified man The accident occurred at Fifth Uth East and Fourth South streets Calton was as driving east on South street when the automobile crashed into the buggy from the fear tear He was hurled from the vehicle es escaping escaping escaping es- es caping with a few minor bruises Witnesses of the accident gave the police the number of the tho automobile and an investigation is being conducted eon con ducted today The arrest of the driver of cf t the machine I is II expected |
