| Show SLY CROOK LANDED Of DY r LOCAL POLICE 4 J J. J C. C Ward Caught Red Handed G 1 While Working State Fair Fail Crowd REAPING REAPING A RICH HARVEST i ft-i j h t 1 L Had Just Picked Pock Pocket t o of p t Simon T Beck of Spring i City When Nabbed W 1 Ono One of the luckiest t catches that the tho local police pollee force has made since the tin opening o of the state fair ail was made mallo mallot t shortly after noon Thursday when a ayoung young man giving sl his name as ns J. J C C. r Ward an was wa arrested lt IJ by Detectives es p- p Wheeling hc linb and Howell Bowen while In the time ac net Act of ur extracting acting a purse from tho the pool cl of r f a conference visitor t Ward Vard and his pal were operating at the lie Main 1 and 1 First t 11 South street J. J corner COIner where too the crowds vere waiting P J for fOl t the Je outgoing state fair fall cars curs Thc They j had Just finished a nice piece of work worl In Iii which Simon T. T fleck Deck of Spring City t was the loser when Detective e Wheel Wheel- ing lug laid his hand on Wards aids shoulder The lime fingered light artist did not y-i y 11 capitulate without protest and atI attempted at- at I tempted to strike the M while Detective Howell had spotted 1 4 Wards Ward's ar s 's pal who was operating In another another another an an- crowd but when other section of the thc t lie hc taw saw that his fellow was In I trouble ho me went to hi his assistance Ward Vard 1 i vas waa landed In the thc cit city jail and amI his pal 7 c escaped rockets PocKets Well Lined At Al police hea headquarters Ward ard said aill h he lie ti was 32 years of age c. When lien se searched i It was found that he had iad two purses In hl hI his po pockets one of or which contained r V GU In greenbacks g and l silver l' l This fhi t 1 had boon been extracted from the pocket of or Mr h Beck who had been attempting h to o board boar a state statu fair car when the arrest ar ar- ar Beck neck identified the lost rest wes was ma made c. c PUl purse C but it Is being held b by the police pending the decision In Wards Ward's trial The other pur pursue purse c contained in iii silver In addition to tills his Ward ivard ar had 1 1775 In one une of his pockets jockeL and this was looked upon b by tho the police pollee as beIng be- be beI I Ing his personal property i One of or the most peculiar things s about the tho arrest was that several articles articles arti arti- cles cbs were wore discovered on oil onard's Wards Ward's person i I that might have been serviceable In effecting a Ill disguise Among Among- these were a hat bat and a a. ca cap The latter Jatter tall had been heen purchased In Chicago an and the former I In La ClO Crosse SC Wis Is He Ito also alo had a a. railroad l ticket i Issued In the name of ur J. J C. C Car Ward ar and good for a trip from flom Ogden to Sa San Sai Francisco AVas us lie He In Iii Too In view o of the thc fact tact that pickpockets I have been operating extensively cl III in Og OS' I ilen Ien during the past few days as a's it Is not Improbable that Ward could If it in inclined in- in L. L lind throw some light on what r- r transpired In th the Junction City recently these lines I About Abou two hours ar arrest ar- ar 1 rest Ben Jam In I of or Ida reported to lo the iho police that he lie had hall lost a U containing 10 IO In currency while boar boarding ln a n state fair fala- car at Main an and First South streets It Is thought that his purse v a was appropriated by Wards Ward's pal who lia has not nOl yet been apprehended antI and who since hi discovery er Is probably making his exit from the tho local stage |
