New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-15

| of n resrectabe lady 1adies pockets are always on
1 thu rob,- hand siSe-as we have been informed she
oo-eessIv throws her mantila over her neghbors zap
This gives her an opportunity to use her delicate
doits unobserved. Her hand steals softly among 'ne
fods Of tie dress till the pocket il found, wheh oo"n
90 the fingers TO the bottom and the purse Is soon eh
trscted The money ia instantly taken from IL ana Ine
nur,e "a carefully returned TO the owner pocket "
H. o,uavs fearful of being robbed, and as they
ara constantly feeling through their dress for ther
!, IA returned 80 that they may be assured oil lt'
presence Even when they ascertain that their money
is gone and the purse left, they are more apt 10
that II was lost than TO suspect their sood-i0oAns
neiobbor In some cases, where the purse cannot 10
returned IL is thrown from the window, or oroPPeu
into the coat-tal pocket of some convenient
But in all cases. whenever or however oDtaneu' 'ue
biefs first object is to get rid Of the purse or any
thing else he NAV have taken that can be positVeiy
identified.
In frequently said that in New-l ork there are
lar schools wherein modern Fagns teach the young iuea
how 10 steal This is mistake, at least IN the present
ace "a none such exist Thieves are the natural proo
net of mixed population like ours. Among the pro
fessonsl pickpoekets are representatives OF Aiin'''
every nationality Py far the largest part oil them are
born in this country Of Irish parents The second Po
siton as regards numbers is claimed both Dy the EN-
elish and by the Je US and IT is an undecided question
as TO which il entitled 10 that honor vi uue-oiue
Yankee pickpockets the number Is limited MOI pu'
there are rascas enough among them but they 90 oe'
ter as forgers confidence operators, emoezzers couh
terfeters stock brokers, insurance agents, bankers
&c. The universal Yankee mind was made for bigger
tbinps than the mere mechanical operation OF picking
the rocket of yerdant countryman. Pickpockets,
IL fha
neglect Of offspring so notorious among irish pare'S
AT an early age they suffered to run the streets
and from saucy mud-bespattered pferers OF decayeo
fruit and ancient peanuts they grow up TO be worthy
the notice of some vgiant policeman There Is always
leader among these urchins, who, beng older anu
stronger. leads them on from mischief to crime till
stealing becomes almost natural instinct. The pa
rents Of such chi den seldom never punish them for
these oenses but rather shield them when complaints
are made against them There other Irish parents
who have become brutalized by drink as to force
their children into the street to obtain the wherewth
to purchase whisky. They care not how IL Is Obtained
but whisky they must have. We have seen many little
boys and girls brought to the police courts, charged
with stealing whose excuse was that they wouid De
whipped if they went home without anything. These
PARENTS are the only Fagins among us, and with
them New-York abounds.
The Jews are particularly famous for the facilities
they afford pckpockets in disposng of stolen property
Yet there are large number Of pckPockets OF jewish
extraction who are known az I" the sheeny gang
sheeny being the term universally applied to Jews by
all rogues They extend all over the country are all
acquainted with each other and fratenze more effect
ually than any others. There are number Of this
cass living in NewJersey, who make regular busi-
ness Of getting the trains of the various railroads
running into jersey City, and picking the pockets OF all
unwary passengers. They seldom come across the
river but frequently extend their pleasant excursions
to the Western cities. They are very successful al
though not 80 expert some Others The tull-blood
Epglish pckpoeke used 20 stand as champion OF the
world" in HE profession but lately feobous Heenans
have risen in the ranks, and now, as Tsh-Amercans,
are entitled 10 full as good belt John Bull himself
Where the Yankee soops to folly OF that kind he Is
considered as even more dexterous than either of the
others glance at the countenances of the pick
rockets On exhibition in the Rogues Gallery will satisfy
the cuIious both in regard to their nationality and
shrewaness
There are certain saloons in the city, pretending to
various degrees OF responsibility, where pickpocket
are wont to congegate when not pursuing their avo
cations In these lushng kens, as the saloons are
termed they enjoy their liquor and cigars talking to-
pether uureservedly, in language peculiar to them
selves AID unntelgible to those not initiated. This
fash language which they employ has been nearly all
imported from the back slams of London, where
rogues Of all classes in the habit Of meetings 1t con-
tains words which represent nearly every English
woId employed in ordinary conversation, and Is uni
VERBALLY used among rogues who speak Enghsh so
that our late Chief-of-Pohce considered it worth
while 10 publish Rogue Vocabulary" osten-
Silly for the bereft of the Police Force. The
book il more extensively read by the theving fra
ternity however and il Of greater service to them
than TO honest people. With this language pickpock-
Ell ae enabled TO converse III regard to their plans as
freely before strangers they were alone The DE
tec,iyes are acquainted with all Of these saloons and
not NJ FIRE ueniy enter them to VINO among the
patrons of the bar; if particular thief is wanted, the
lushing Eens" are at once visited. If the person
sougtt IL discovered his comrades seldom resist any
attempt made 10 him. The propretors are fully
aware of the character of their patrons andare not
frequently the insigatoIs Of their crimes. For ill.,
stance, if a countryman who appears TO possess
plethoric purse accidentally strays into one OF these
ders the keeper gives the word to some expert The
stranger thenceorh becomes the object Of the profess
soLal's most socilous attentions, aud is followed
about ill his purse becomes one Of the things that
were.'
Pickpockes, although generally supposed to live in
single blessedness, invariably possess swsettearts
with whom they ENJOY all the domestic comforts of
Frse-Loye union. Sometimes the sweetheart having
been infatuated with the gay exterior Of the individual
thief WIKI whom she lives, is honest and vrtuous
regards the rest of mankind but should her lover fall
beneath the strong of the law absence and power
ty conquer love- and she soon tskes another partner.