The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-09-28 00:00:00

Littraturt.

A SHADY PASTORAL.
7116 NIT. ARTIIVR NUISELL.

I take up iiiy narrative at the point whyre my rocket
•ftzl picked during • long conversation I had with gay
Udeving friend, about the pollee. I shall give thi. psi
port of this C 'mooting, ; but I say no.. as 1 said
before. that 1 ragvat it only for what it is worth, no I
with no ilia ro to prow • thief'. terti,uony against such
g leapensible body of moo al our police.
" I thou4lt," I said, " I heard that gentleman railing
at the p I,ce when I COMO in. Ws w, re told the other
night Mint they WV 13 Only carrying tint their site of ill
net birgam when they took von gentlemen into
cuatody for plying your honest trod., What Miro you
gut In say against them now
"I hay., this to say agairert them,' sail the ii an I
hail addiersed. '•They don't carry out their bargain
henedly, The polioe are policeduaketa as well es I.
takers. They will get up A lob to lie r a
hugla,y or a rarotte, that they Mat g, t cr, lit out ..f it.
or 1.,•k- lomoV It! it. They know the habiis of the
people on whom the, inten I the 1.1 aid to fro . Ihoy
nave it done on Mlle brit on which they have formerly
worked, and ti,, at and hi at the ir a pia! 'tar,. Now.
sir, it you wont to give the public a proof of this. r. for
them to theca.° of King the poie•man, who get tart. on
pars for picking pockets in Made Perk. out in :it
Jauica'r ; end plenty , I other caa.s yen may haw
in en in tho police report% which will show that atro
are thieve, in the eery ritestions where you want hone.'
men 31 me), will ale..;. get a policomau i.;ht ' Ii
a few rt.illanga the first•claar thieve. can get to know
what they amid, and mu get the /Vier Go:rite, ant 41
et' or rows an icon a. it is booked in their roport•b wk.
mean in arch towns as I. Maiichester, lava r-
purr:, ..liriaitigham, Itridol, and other large idovincial
towns. I don't know of any large lencemmtcr but obi
the Polirc Got:ittt vory we,
" What proof mu you give that the pollen carry ii. we
to thieves?"
" Why, you 1111,0 heard of the care of "Little Marks,"
or of Detective—, of—. Its woe discharged from

toe detective division. for acquaiutiiig the thieven with
all that was transacted at the detective department.
Tbia very man was one of the clevervist ollicers f T de-
tect us pickpockei• in Eiiiiland but the Mat-clams
could ile an) tliii.g with him. lie wouldn't wind
it..itte on 0 'l4lllll' us rAbsly.“
" What's that'' .

" -wo7e-; the robin ry. If he saw a mob of men
at work, he woald take the officer away on some ore.
term, till the j•ito wins over, awl thou dons hia share in
the msg. If they clisputral the claim, he would plant
Another Aim/run them the next time he saw thi.ni at
work."

"lint how did be net diembsed the Nue!'
" A few days alter be we. put into blue clothe.' —it
was St. Patrick's tiny—ho win' on duty. Tee therei
made him mad drunk in their qinirrer in --street.
and then they got him to throw hi. staff owl h indculls
into the rtreet, and this gut him doechergc.l from the
'roe." - . .

•
" Ito you know what became of him?"
•' Yes ; the t/ 'eves and f,nermost-ra put him into a
good 'writ vaults in —. But when it WAS brallght
before tbe cocurnimioners it warn proved that he had
jot more thieves eonvicted than any °Meer in the
polioe•torce in that town. But, mind you, they w re
a very few of them ilist-clima iillia•CA, for they had Lim
' tight.'." . . . .

-7.717 his I. only ono sass, and the man was dismissed
tlo. force."

"• Bless your airAkhey're all alike. Pre known thieves
tl work on a pubceuian to such a pitch, that he will get
another Income and have • talk to him till they have
done • robbery on his roand ; and sometimes they will
ha., part is the robbery themselves."
"Come, come! you'rt aroing too far; you shouldn't
la- spiteful."
"Sp teful! I'm only truthfuL Did you ever hear
of a licensed thief?'
"No."
"Oh, thieve. can get lieensed, as well as publicans
mud other sinners."
'• I have beard that mercantile swindlers and financial
the, a Intorno countries can get • ju 'ge t.o str•in the
11.. for them. and eau suborn the her and bench to
be nee the r knavery."
I don't know ab.ut that, both here in England there
are thieves licensed by the detectives to omunitt rubbery
wirli impunity. The detectives have • claim of thieves
when they can 110 just as they like • ith ; tool theta
are . %petted to pl .y the spy against the net of the
threw. otol put Cor tediee on to th in for their own
safely. A 1.011.111111. will say 110 went• a good a-six .
rode; then the •py will get up a job to be dour; lie will
then tell the elfieur where end when, and all shout it,
and wl.O are to be en,hip...l in it; and whet, the robbery
is done. tin. e know a hen mod whoa to put their
hand. rijora the gang, but thy take good nor.. it e
lic.n-0,l tt,i,f ill It-n. 1.3. It does not ply o deb ctive
to Au, roes but arbour Or Cates. Thi•
kin-1 el werk is done with the secondeclots thieves.
But if it ever should &tut hie purpose, the dr team
will rtwolte the licence by setting another constable on
the di of, end gettitm ban taken. Ihove known the
lacer.% thtketr ..f money gut froth warehouses oud count.
lieuete., by tb . iodic* puttiog them up to be done.
It is is 'viol or contest between thief and thief —which
'
ii, attest to he le sit .1; r lily one of the thieves or •
thlif ist hit OWII und tue other theme in govern•
tin ut Imaor i., an-I fe g .v. mut tot par.'
•• What to you mean by 11.
•• I'll tell you, sir. The de', ctive will inert a thief
in tle• street, aml will put rinetti ~,, s to him, and if the
thi- f not civil. he will gate Imo a drag —that is, tire. i
nomt•• on 'Tee, the first time ho sees birii in any
public piece of aniustOurtat ,• and the thief knows he
cm ii, thit, whethir It- it dont.; foothill; or not. and
thi• ben dune. This is what the thief calls being
• lo•••vd; Now comes the 'hi- ra turn to lor-t the
odic. r. Whett he gets a bit of money, he will 6;0 ti • •
net.Mboul old where there to e• to of lialf•fla fitts
they will 11 •
,anything for plenty of dr.:A an., few
thil.ings. T. i. I mild., ono will gito Corm rat Or
two to ,it t. .1. tec•ive a,po ol hi hug, in eachono
for tile throe uportlor IC gore hint. I two. lumen as
mutt sl7 toll.' it.veu to the roughs. It they get into
trouble, re make • subscription to get soon-el fort em,
or t.. par the line. So, you at,, the thieves know lauol
ti J,.y 4411 .4,441.44.4"
"I dm.% d..ubt it; but lain loth to believe all you
say of the poll e."
" Then I would Ind believe it, sir, if writ. you. But
if they did not help the thief, the fir-to:lass thieves
would be always in prison, or have tog- ye up the trade.
too &first-el ,as thief he locked up, and the polka. will
Lel. it ni to soy .•nt-- ht. Ito haa any money on him,
tLu oilier a ill plont it so as to be nodal to him. The
thief a- It pay the Abler well t• go and It hot palls
kit rw the fu I atm ;;t'l of wl at he is there for, and how
v or to act ; if they are to get him defended, or
.itll the parties, or work the property
hstk if it in not found on bon. Sometimes they will
to Le!' idin at the trial."
" Who' up er,rth is a snide-witness r.
" A friend in timid, air.rt Wen or woman who will
awr-or anythierg, according to Instructions; who will
t.ke otth to whatever they are ;nit fie to say, so
ti tt the tvidence may correspond *WI what the thief
Ent ',rid at the station to the police."
" Well, I have heard enough for the present. I will
say good night."
" Wli. II you some again, I will tell you a few real
mu" Mot give you the names of the officers who have
lA. !pod thieves. Why, sir, there was • menet Binning.
Lalll named —, whom we call ti • • ki-bane .k r, who
would teeith young thieves to steal, and eueourage
them to peach on one another arel then i.e would
take them. They called him setive and intelligent
trltioer' in the lore; but I and glad to say he got con-
victed at last."
" Ida,/ thanks for your information, but we won't
scandalise the form any more to-night. Good night."
Once more I prate .t I only give this evidence 1. r
what it is worth. I toll the tale an it was told to ass
—that is all. -Cuadra Mairuiss.