Show OUTE OF or THIEVES how tile U unwary n wary arc are robbed lc in metropolitan yew york tork new york world Wor lil A succession of wild shrieks suggesting t ing a person pers on in mortal pain or 01 terror fell upon the ear of a 11 6 world reporter the other evening as he be was passing along worth street treet towards chatham square on the sidewalk bot far away was a young man mau apparently apparent 1 y in in a litand a crowd was gathering about him several rough looking lads ads who had emerged from the tile neighboring slums dressea pres seft through the throng to make their way to its center As the rc reporter unsuspectingly was about to join it with other people fa e who were passing lie saw a policeman i ceman hurrying up from mulberry street with a stealthy tread and of course with a club in liand land lie had lad almost reached the spot when there was a sharp short whistle and an instant scattering oan of a dozen rag ragged ged shadows from out at f the crowd the shrieks ceased as suddenly as they had bad be begun un and a slim young man mail whom afe the reporter recognized e ogna Z ed with amazement as the I 1 rat late e cepl epileptic leptic ran out and find up the street as fast as his legs could carry him the officer shook his club after him and shouted in tones that visibly increased his speed say aidt I 1 want none of yer foolishness foo IL buess here no more dye understand der stand if I 1 catch you here ag again in ill break y yer er ja jaw I 1 v to 0 alic e reporter he explained that the K kid id was a notable young t hide whose I 1 particular trick was to simulate a fit in the street and so attract a crowd which his crates the pickpockets pick pockets could I 1 work at their leisure the kid is not alone in his business the trick is commonly played in ill crowded thorough fares and lie krefl prefers ers downtown down town streets during business hours when the profeta profits from froin a haul are the heaviest it t is one of a thousand tricks and sivi swindles udies by which thieves carry on their trade some are ingenious I 1 some bold somo sonic only less stupid than those whom they deceive according co to the quality of the thief practising practicing it some somi branches of thievery to yield even the 1110 most A moderate success require the exercise ofa of a talent which turned to gool good purpose pogo in in any ordinary y business pursuit might make ita its owners fortune CRIME cal IE AND POVERTY WEDDED thieves on the contrary never grow rich the rare exceptions only prove the thea ulc rule the great hotd die as they lived miserably poor the forgers forger 8 and counterfeiters counterfeit ers art craves skill shill of the first order that in honest employment would command priceless i wages so with the business s of safe burglary that can only be carried on by the tile aid of very high mechanical genius the fino fine edge tools used by tho the cracks men ollen often cosan cost it small fortune and arc are worth the money they arc are made as tacy aro are mony used aset by burglars hur glara the blackmailers mean profession requires at least a knowledge of human nature that would presuppose success ss i in is an any y honest enterprise ter prise and dauntless boural co courage uraL 0 characterizes the robber and riv river er pirate the interest retained on oil the capital thus expended is in nearly all ames odthe of the slimmest slim even if they know how to get other peoples money thieves thie ves rarely almost never know giov to keep keel it A once common ll 11 r aon but now somewhat obsolete trick to facilitate robbery in a crowded street car AV was to knock tho the victims vict hat over his eyes and rob him while lie was trying to free himself the tile practice of tying the tile door of a jewelry stoe sto e firmly then smashing the window with it paving 1 I ston stone cand and makin making on with till a caso ur or wat watches cl le 3 has bs a worked to a charm in many a raid the jeweler finds exit cut off and when hy ile gets out on oil the street nt at last lie finds i ids he the thieves i have disappeared occasionally the program is varied by getting the tile storekeeper out instead of keeping him in tile thief runs rung ji in from the street shouting abut somebody is stealing from the wn wagon on in front and while the lh per oni there rush out filla fills liia his pockets A dati dangerous thief ia is the man in the tile jilt jumper ipg who f follows express 11 wagon goni on oil their delivery route and when illien a package has hns been delivered at a lious lio lute r runs U ilia up and ringa rings the tile bell after the wagon has ills left and before tho the people cople havo have had time ft to examine tho t io contents of the bundle beg bec pardon muda mada madam madani am ani 6 u his message the tile driver river t left alie wrong package I 1 will tako it and bring the he other civit right back the package is surrendered eved and that is thomast th seen of it THE CLOTH CLOTIl ea rd the al alleged leed custom alf nied who vh last year went the tile rounds with bills fur for dues for packages sent frienda friends in europe collected collect dd from a score of bf credulous citizens ci who promised to send solid for alie lie packages in its it certain certa iii lady cs ri bouc while eho she went up to get the money trolley ho lie sat down wn to the organ and played nearer my afy god to thee with ruu much ch feel feeling aisig charming the listen listeners ers Y who refused to believe him a swindled led not many days afterward a near neighbor of the lady received a noto written in pencil and abd signed by her husband A district telegraph boy brought it and it ran after tie following fashion dear wife ale please we send me an ext extra ra suit of clothes we lve had afire at the store and I 1 got wet through t brou and am liable to catch a bad cold yours etc ote JOHN johns best suit was dispatched with speed in caro care of the messenger it is 13 needless to add that it never reached the store and was never heard of after that day pseudo plumbers sent by the landlord to repair the tile roof carry in an empty tool bag and carry it out filled with whatever is of value the id deserving ese r V ing i man D an W with it 11 a family filmily who has long been ill in a bo hospital spital and in whose favor cash subscriptions are invited from prominent citizens is a perfect mint to his inventors some thieves follow coal carts to a liquor store or restaurant rant order them about with an all air of authority until by the drivers they are thought connected with the house and by the storekeepers with the coal business then colle collect ettlie the drivers receipts talk coal to the storekeeper and get them cashed when the truth I 1 leaks e a IS out th the C thi thief f i is 8 far away house owners receive gentlemanly callers who request the privilege of being shown through the mod model ea mansion mansion after accompany accompanying lug ta the ie owner through it lip lie returns regretting gref flug that he lie left his glove I 1 1 upstairs while the hott obligingly algi 1 but vainly searches for it his hi lii i s visitor has lins the opportunity to plunder the parlor the nio molasses lasses game lias has made the town laugh of late two thieves hat in hand enter a grocery store and laughing ask the grocer to decide a bet ot of as its to whose hat will hold the most molasses the tile grocer thinks hie the tall one well lVell let him p birin mr in the molasses buethe but the hat will be spoiled I 1 never mind the 25 will wil I 1 buy a new one in goes the mol molasses amses and on the antoni astonished shed grocers head bead the hat is clapped in an in instant stant when he be goes to make change while lie blinded and almost drowned is gasping for hia his breath the money in hi the till disappears till l LASI SWINDLE I 1 alfred marks a well known thief made fortune by lie the gillim flimflam game of getting change for a note haifa dozen bills or more arc are palmed by the thief who then vainly tries to make the clitu change ige right his ilis apparent respectability s ability defeats suspicion and t the ie storekeeper apologizes for his awkward mistake he ile has leisure to kick himself afterwards george miles iles who shoved the queer beer successfully cess fully until lie se secured rel five years in the state prison never had lad more than a single eingle dollar in hia his possession when caught cau glit hi his confederates across the street however ever carried the tricks of the confidence man who wants his newfound new now found frioud to look at has only a bi big check to pay iff a arl pressing bill with or invites I 1 liviu I 1 hu to take t a olla hand ild in ft little game arc are trite but none nolle the less ess successful thu tho I sawdust game of tile man out of town who for sale isale to pollo with more greed than con bui quience ence green cigars N 1 2 and 3 at low rates ratel letting jetting hi hia ct tomer tower understand that they are counterfeit greenbacks green backs is equally familiar and often trips up tip a greedy victim people who drink arc are slyly swindled by a note evidently written with an au unsteady teady hand haud eliat makes it almost impossible to recognize the signature of a convivial friend winch it tells ells tile followill fol lowin 11 tale 1 PEAK deal I 1 am ain abort short a bit please ease ash enclosed check and I 1 will return alio amount on monday am on oil a little drunk til up town own koe the matter quiet and dobli oblige o your friend DICK the check ia ii cashed and the amount sent by the bearer beare r alun dick turns up sober there is is an all explanation the die professional looking thief calls at tit a doctora doctors house when he lie is is outto hold a consultation thinks think e it strange he is not tarries to W write d t 0 a note t C when tho the servant boea os o s out he lie decamps with clients and the mantle clock ift if there bisone isone arf one alit game clial on occasions will ill practise th thy c bundle game gaine little boyn boys carrying packages through the streets he ile RIVCA them a it quarter to carry a letter and tiring an all answer while ho lie lielda their package and perchance their overcoat when they return lie i gone one of chii fraternity rv re cenal cantly y overreached himself and got for 1 ac cents s a bundle of waste paper from a boy who was carrying it home the rhe boy did not run after hini EAST sidi 11 FAKIR rA Kir the bowery fakiri fakirs fa kirs trick ia simply to steal and then lie about it trusting ig to cheek to carry him hini through ji Th theold gold brick swin swill dier gets into the confidence of some man mail with money then discovers to him the whereabouts of a gold brick of the value of thousands the tile proceeds of a burglary years ago that has been atoned for while the brick has lain buried when ho he comes to test it a roan man with a mask whose delicate feelings will not permit him to show his face scoops out or slices off a piece i ece of genuine gold planted in t the e brass tho assay proves pl 0 ves it good and the fool parts arts with his thousands to secure a c chunk link of brass worth perhaps a dollar in a famous safe burglary case the cracksman worked bell behind ind a screen so neatly neail made to counterfeit the front fron t of the real safe that any one would have been deceived in another notable caso case the burglar finding that the tho cashier casbier carried the safe key took passage with his to liis ills suburban bome home and pretending to have lost tho key offis satchel borrowed the the cashiers keys while he had them in his hands he lie managed to take a wax impression of the safe key and when he lie returned it r with rith ith thanks tho the job was practically done |