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Show PIGKP0GKETE5 SUfj Veteran Detective Tells of the "Dip's" Tricks. Warm Against the Man Who Folds Hit Armi Danger Behind l Newspaper Some Cut Your Pocket. Chlrnnn. 'TIiIh Iiiiik 1ft hi.vln an iiiin-uiil tinnit'vr of John by tok nrk-(-." t-M4 a vt'liTtMi ilftiM tivt a few iln.vn pk". "I hutilly unilt'rfitnnd thu tttnl nf ttiln fell of (Time, no thft Uh (f Hi.- t 1 1 m" hiivi luiMi Titty well "tnwnl awny, nnd tlif rnni1nlnt hi IHitMl It'ii t h'rn mill tltk-rn lirm ln few iinill rt'cntly." MV Ml ' t h vUi I'-il i h lii :ilit l ki c k.'i. Wlion Ii- iimm1 tin- won, ' Ilitiil" h" rcfi rnil to th" tiiklng of nn artlilf hy a lrkMK-kft. In (tin v.'t hiiculur ot n plrkporket a k.'t lunik In n "leather" ntnl a watch 1h ii "Mi k"r." A itlttmnnd la a iark ' "I limit know where Ihta mod mi,..- frtmi, na I haven't Imtii worktutt nn Wip vm-vn," rtmtlniM'il the diMi'i-tlv, "Imt It ft'f'tna to ho rninpon4(1 of K pretty ph vrr !t r tllpa " It may h niMi'riary to explain attain that ly "moh" lh" nl) thh'f-taktT tnrant n band of ptikpirk'ta. 'Tht-M fellow a uaiially w ork In pnlra, ntid It la not tinuaunl fur them to clear up aevenil thouffttid dullara In a few tlaya. "If one of them fnlla. that la tliifC 8ome Methods of Pickpockets. arrested, there generally Is a fund out of which his lawyer's feos are paid, and the rest of the gutiR stands by htm, miikliiK every effort to clear him. "Von auk mo how to avoid havltm you pockets picked. Well, I don't believe be-lieve any man cun Rive advice on that subject. It Is liur.l to tell what style a pl kKit ket Is going to adopt. I'siinl. ly ho works In a crowd. The jam on the elevated stations Is a good place, hut there generally Is a pair of fly cops on each of the loop stnilons at nluht, nnd the crooks know It. Then they gel on the surface cars and work the platforms. Hevernl of the recent John have been dona Hint way. "One of the commonest methods of stealing a diamond stud Is to git them with a pair of iflncers having a pocket Into which the stone falls wben It Is cut off. The dip usually works from behind a newspaper. Of course, you cunt watch every man wlih a newspaper on a street car, but If you hnvo anything valuable about you, It Is well to do so. "A skilled crook tuny use a knife Willi razor llke blade to cut away the pocket. Keep your eye on the mnn who folds his nrms. Ills hands may be nt rest or they may bo engaged In picking pockets. "We call the man who robs women a moll buzznr. While tho victim Is looking In a shop window or standing In a street car he opens her hand bug and gets tho leniher. Thorn are not many of these Jobs any more, for women have become wise." |