The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-02-13

thr0ng, we single out a man who Is
promising and whose money we want;
one Of ul works his way in front of him
50 as to crowd against his left arm,
another gets himself behind him, and the
operator stands at his right, partly back.
In this particular case it Is supposed that
our game is q stranger having considera-
Bile money about him. He Is careful Of
his money, and keeps his hand on his
pocket book which is in his right hand
pocket When the proper time comes
the man behind tips up or smashes down
the hat of the countryman, whose first
impulse Is to restore It, and as he can't
raise his left arm he takes his hand from
his right pocket when the operator dives
and seizes the money. This action the
poor devil does not feel nine times out of
ten; he is generally mad at having his hat
knocked over his eyes and turns to see
who did 1t. The one who did the act,
seizes the first I" fiat" near him and shoves
him ahead, then dives and rushes
through the crowd; this we all do aud
meet at some appointed place to divide
the profits Generally the man whose
money we have got has jaw with the
one he finds behind him, and by the time
he has missed his money we are dividing
1t, OF course, We conform TO circum-
stances in the way Of operating, but this
is fair illustration. Sometimes, however,
when it is safe, we adoptthe way Of fitting
the lining of the pocket and 80 extracting
the money. If we are caught in this,
the same manner of getting away is
adopted"
t,fUoII Caorna a. e. o,,o-ntto,s ~,
stTeetcars and railroadsi"
"In respect to the former, they are gen.
orally nothing but forcible robberies we
get together on the platform, and, by Gre
ating row, take a mans money by force
before he knows it. And there is not
much difference in our way of doing things
on the railroads. We pick out our man,
and at some stopping place, whore he gets
out for lunch or any other purpose, one OF
two Of US manage to get ahead Of him, the
other behind him, and by lostling and
causing confusion we have no difficulty
Why alone made $1,000 in following
the Prince Of Wales when he was here
and could have made more than that In
following Lincoln from Springfield ia
| Washington ii some of US hadn't been
/ AbDAls a OA 1uop4lluh was nbAOlAk |Ol
us, and we stayed over in Beffalo tc
gamble, and were caught and convicted
They could not find anything against me
but one of the party had some money
which was identified, and the Buffalo
| judges never let a man go If there is .
shadow Of q chance Of holding him, ant
when he Is found guilty they pile it OF
awful. A New York Judge wouldn't have
given me half as much as got from thu
Buffalo man, and believe / should havt
got clear away"
T0a question, " 0, yes, there are womeI
picking pockets, and men who picl
women's pockets. They usually go alone
and frequent horse. cars, stages anC
churches sometimes theatres, concerts
and lectures. It is risky business, fol
when a woman fastens on you she sticks
But the way Of doing il is easy. For in
stance, / sit alongside Of woman anC
manage to get my hand OF finger into he
pocket (she can't feel it as a man could
and get out her pocketbook; then l opel
it understand though that this never wa
my line-Pm only telling you how Vi
done) and extract the money and then re
place the pocketbook. That wedding.
If she discovers her loss, she is almost sur
to think that she has lost her money or lei
it where she was last shopping, and so W
get off easy enough. The stories abou
throwing a bullet which is shut into tn
Epockbook and Is fastened 10 a aslender cor
Is humbug, and any person of sens
ought to know II"
Now, as to get; ;ng watches and jew
elFyf"
1--WE don't do it--that is, the best Of u
don't t--uhless we are hard up Some poo
sticks make q business Of stealing watch
es, but they are inferior. If we want
mans. watch we manage pretty much tn
same way as if we were after his money
, No; we don't cut the chain. We get th
, watch out Of his pocket easy enough, an
twist the ring out of it, Some of theoll
| fashioned ones have thering riyeted, an
! make loud snap, bat the whole thin
! Is easy. Then we get new rings put i
, and have the numbers altered christeI
, ing we call it--and sell them TO th
/ fences. For a watch worth $500 We Il
from $40 to $50. Silver watches we don
bother with. Chains we rarely get exceI
! by force, and they ain't worth much III
b II lta5 5bplAl i PhEHF5 No uoNp fh0lA ltSttp
! down, as we also sometimes have q
I hoases.n
AAsto diamond pins and studsfn
n "lThats trick that requires boldnei
/ and skill. The usual manner Of doing
3 is for the operator, carrying q cloak {
4 coat on his arm, to meet the victim, b
r hind whom come the confederates. AS
+ by accident, he runs plump sgainst h
Y man, ahd thrusts the coat into his fax
4 with one arm, HhileWi the hand 0f q
Il other he catches the pin. If there Is on
4 roY the confederates pitch in, and all g
, away in the confusion"
]. eButcan yod take money from j man
& inside coat Of vest pocket2g, 'FF If I
L H0f course; the same plan is adopt6
/ as with the pin WeFspot' d man q
II the cars and watch him get some d
2 tance forward Of him and my two pa
+ behind when he starts TO leave the car
Is hurry forward and they hurry back / &
|. out ahead Of him and turn around to me
him, while my confederatesha have come d
and got close behind him. ] rush again
him In front and they do 30 behind
shove the coat IN his face with one hal
Il and dive for bis money with the 0thl
N Sometimes we follow a man two OF thr
I. days, and when we are sure he has a gol
4. pile with him wa are bound TO get it, al
q unless he Is protected we do get It IN 0
VI uav az another. ass
4 aBut how DO you know man has
a GOOD Dile97 5EtF
a HOh, that's easy enough. In the Al
we spot merchants from the cou
NV who arein TIE city to buy goods, d
4 then there ID no difficulty Ia finding q
where they keep their money. The pfl
II ciple Of the whole thing Is, that n
Il having sn unusually large amount
4 money on his person Will be 30 careful
n Eitthat hewili often feel to see whether
n ii ii safe. Resides knowing these men
4. watch them, and So learn which ones I
q the most promising. Sometimes, 4
y these operators who stay Ia New York
Il other large cities etc informed by broke
"a clerks and otbers--they get . small sha
"a about five per cent. of the gains 4 3
~ iaia merchant or banker havingi Ia hlsp
sesslen a large sun II this y known,
il man sery likely lesss his money.
"a Wall, George, what a TIE ayers
4 amount taken iesd 5 mans pocke
a. II isn't Do very much ihaYa follow
y q man two 0f thleo days with my N
z Mai Az ~ II