Show slin slang which for the past two decade has become 0 o prevalent among all claws of american society as to be re girded by foreigners aa a national trait probably originated among thieves and alic lower lirati ail alic community being handed frodi one claa to until one will frequently hear ladies of undoubted respectability expressing themselves in alic language of a class with whom flioy would not deign to associate although sling found its origin among thieves profession ils over years of age except under certain circumstances rarely capiro s themselves through althou gli perfectly with all alic technical terms aae li chiefly to pickpockets pick pockets and criminals who seem to take great delight in mastering the language of their ciders and familiarizing themselves with its use alic current slang is fully understood by all thieves ind a would have no in converging with one of his craft before a third and uni initialed person in a manner totally unintelligible to tho listener A night worker is a housebreaker house breaker a gopher man is 1 safe rubber or burglar H wire tool or dip is a pickpocket a moll wire is a person who rob robi i women only and a bliku bacr is a alio rob persona while engaging them iu ejiu term bauko means a male thief moll a female thief and kid asdall child who is an adept in tho tricks of the trade one of tho nio t significant of all thieves slang terms ia thy stall as the persons designated by that term anro alie most of all who obtain a livelihood by pro ing upon aliu credulous and unsophisticated the tall is either a well arc isad man or woman seemingly aboc suspicion alio mot clever robberies alone or diberta attention other ladies ur anro at work tho lady faints in a crowd or the gentleman loudly declaims declai cs eliat he has leaeu robbed under the same and during alie excitement occasioned by cheso alio regular thieves work or pick the pockets of their victims A plant is hidden plunder springing the plant is to dispose of etolen property alter esno abandoned thomase tho case by selling it to a fence or of stolen goods alic main guy has tumbled means that the recognized leader of a baity of country visitor lias become noaie hilt thieves arc foli lowing them sla his nibs means look at him aidy is the term fur hat and to tip means to jam tho hat down over tho victims head and while he is adjusting his holt to pick his pockets dixy cull means tn stop talking thieves thieved thi eved slang as detectives arc about and will overhear the head worker of a gang of thieves is often an apparently respectable citizen of good sinn ding in social and commercial circles who ascertains where largo sums of money arc kept plans a robbery informs the second man who instructs the and at alic successful of alic job receives hh of the proceeds cases of alii baturo have been brought to light duding ho by detectives many discoveries proving lemark in if ahu ghigli of alio detected persons it would require n as a school dictionary and compiled to convey an idea of the wonderful which aliis language ois and the case which one of alio light fingered gentry can convey his idris nod instructions to a confederate without fear of being betrayed bv baug overheard is simply won darful if tecc people would study as faithfully to attain an education whereby they might live honestly as they do to the tricks 01 the trade their lives would bo much happier and certainly more useful to and their fellow men but this it would ap acar is almost too much to expect as from time unknown classes that live by ways that ore dark have preyed upon alic law abiding clement of society securing by strategy or force the sustenance for which alicy nrc too lazy or indifferent to work star A majority of ho persons arraigned for crimo accod ding to one of tho best known new york judges aru boys from twelve to twenty ean of age gut into while intoxicated the eimu is truo afif chicali herald |