Show pickpockets PICK POCKETS forty dollars taken from a short line passenger when short una train no 7 j arrived this morning an old man who I 1 forgot to leave hia name reported to the depot police that just as he was about to board th train in salt lake he was approached by a stranger who engaged him in conversation on the train the old man discovered that ho had his pockets picked and that 40 had been taken he said hat hla home was in massachusetts and that he wag on his way to the fair in portland the gang of train drafters grafters gr that have been operating in salt lake and this city has aroused the railroad officials to action and they are determined to make an effort to catch the rogues today there was a conference of rail road officials regarding taking some drastic action looking to the capture of the gratteri grat it was learned from the police that in almost every casa that haa been reported the description given of tha men who were implicated in the thefts were the same this tact matters to a certain extent it is believed that the men are crooks of na reputation and are very careful to cover their movements |