The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-04-10
How Pockets are Picked

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- down -Le Ea- -le -a-u-- man. We"
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IL Ist arm Pc -lz- h. hand inn ~ r-It
r.cke-. when I-e uE@rl-sr 1'~ an
money This action tie I,.r ce'l d
nine l--- lur OBJ. ten. D. J. Eele--E Lal *
rlg-r- his la- knocked over -s eye El tNfll9
o. &c who did IL TIE one W--J -- -e ~
~-zS TIE mt lat near Li4 ana -
al-ld. then dives and ru-le> THROUGH ile crp"4'
rEi- we al 10 and meet ~ some appointed pace
= divide rr1Ets. In r--ard To street ear rob
fe-.e-. ,tev are generally nothing but iJrelble
ruJherie~. we -ct together on tue PLATFORM ana
by creating n Tow take a man : money pF i9sce
fS5re lie knows l.. and there l. D-t much 1t-
ference in or Wav ~ doing things IN tac EA-
r1ais. We PICK ouJ our man, and X some stop
pin. place. where he gets cut for lunch or any
tra5r pc-yose. one - TWO Of u manage q get
ahead u him. the other behind him. and ~ ~
linz and causing confusion vr have 10 1-1-l.ty-
WE-l / alone made $1,000 in following tle
P-.rec u WaI-S when he was here. and could
have made m.Ic than that IN following Lincoln
FROM Springfield O. Washington u ~tLe oi Us
hadn't been fools Zoo $50. SUSPICION VS. strong
.a -s. and we s-avel over IL Buffalo 20 gamble,
ana were ll-lt and convicted. Ilev could n2t
mi auvtl.-. against L-. tEt one ID. t-e party
had some money which was identified. ami tie
Buffalo judges never IL s. man - il there j. q
shadow OF q chance "a. holding h!u. and when be
= found guilty they pile u On awful \ Ne"
York Judge wouldn't have given me half -
much o. sot from the Buffalo man, and De-
liefe | should have got clear away
There are women pickVocsets. and men who
pick wJmeu'- pockets. They usually - alone.
aai f~lelueut horse cars. stages and cUUrcue--
sometimes theatres, concerts and lectures Itis
q risky business. for when a woman ilstens on
Won she sticks. But the way OF dong II l. easy.
For instance. | set alongside OF q woman and
manage u set my hand OF finger into her POCKET
(>hc can't igel i 81 a man Could) and get out
he- p1ckct-js1k; t,en [ open II Understand
though that this was never my iue-ilm only
telling YOU how is dOne) and extract the money
and then replace the F5cket-book. That Is
- wedding" If size discovers her loss. she !
almost sure 70 think that she has lost her money
or LETT II where sic was last shopping, and - Ne
ger OF easy enough. The stories about throwing
. bullet which i shut into the pJcke5-b5Ok. and
Is fastened 70 q tender cord, i 4 hum5Gg. and
any person OF sense ought 70 know II. y 70
taking watches and icwciry, We don't d. it-tLat
i. the best Of Us don 't-Unless we are hard up.
Some poor sticks make = business OF stealing
watches, but they are inferior. Ii We want q
mans watch we manage pretty much the same
way - II we We're after his money. No: we
don't cut the chain. We get the watch cat O.
his pocket easy enough. and twist the ring oct o.
il. Some Of tie oll-fashI0ned ones have the ring
and make a loud snap bat the whole
thing Is easy. Then We get Ecw rings put in
and have tie numbers altered christening we
iJ-and sell them 10 the . fences For 4
watch worth 500 we get from $40 % $50.
Silver watches we don't bother with. Chains we
rarely get except b force. and they aIH'J worth
much unless solid. then We have them melted
down. - We also sometimes have the case.
We can take money from Z mans inside coat.
OF vest pocket, and We can easily tel whether q
man i worth following Two or three days % not
principle Of the whole thing :. that q man
4avinE an unusually large amount Of money on
his person VIII be - careful Of Ii that he Vii
lftcl feel - see if II i safe. Besides knowing
the men we watch them. AMI - learn which ones
IRE the most promising Sometimes too, those
,ycultors who s.av in New York or other large
they ger d small share, about ) Ter cent. Of tie
-ius-Of Il certain merchant or banker having in
rs possession a large sum II this i known. tie
nan very likely lr>c- his money.
Tie average amount taken from q mans pocket
-nt - very much. | have beloved q man TWO
y three days with my Iais, and only EOJ = or
20 from him. because Ire kerJ Tie bulk o; lis
money IN drafts. We get slipped NJ IN that
way once in q while. Then. again. I have
rikci in - mnch a. $4,000. Bat n good
veragc l. $50: ami thar i very good IN ordinary