Show watch stealing A prison official relates the following io wing story when speak sp eakin iniz one day to a convict a prof professional ess iOnal pickpocket to whom hom I 1 was giving a word or two of friendly council I 1 referred to hla his modus vi vendi and asked him why he could not turn over a new leaf he was undergoing his third penal seu aeu tence for picking pockets and become an honest man 1 I could not sir air 11 he be replied 1 I must pick pockets I 1 would take your watch tomorrow it I 1 met IDOL you in the strand not he added but what id give it back to you for youve been very kind to me would I 1 you like to know how to prevent your watch beins being stolen he continued lust let me have it for a minute curious to learn a useful hint I 1 was about to draw my watch f from rom nay my pocket when I 1 found it was already in this experts hand without my experiencing the slightest touch lie ile then explained to me that the most approved method of detaching a watch from its owner was to hold the ring rina to which the chain firmly between the linger finger ind and thumb and trenwith then with a sharp twist snap the steel pivot connecting watch and leaving g the ring on the chain chaia and the watch free in the thiefs hand A dead loss the ring he added with cool coed efflo effrontery ry ato to us of six shillings ha helchen showed me that it if the ring and watch were connected connect el by a swivel joint the difficulty of f 11 stealing would be increased so much as to make it scarcely worth the i ihk hk london standard |