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Show BLIND SUN A rapEi Joseph Jones, 87 Years Old, Has Remarkable Record New York, Nov. 11. Joseph Jones, under arrest here charged with picking pick-ing the pocket of a police sergeant on Broadway, Is rated by the detec-the detec-the bureau as one' of the most re- markable prisoners whom they have met In years. Jones is 87 years old, bi nd, almost deaf, bald, tothless and suffering from manifold Infirmities of age, yet the police declare that, de-ejjlte de-ejjlte all these handicaps, he l still one of the most expert pickpockets In the trade. He hns been In prison In various cities throughout the country man ytlmes since 1870 and his record ft police headquarters shows fifteen convictions. He was released from Sing Sing a year ago after serving a sentence of three years. |