The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-05-20
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Misafflla,,u. 81.
Adroitness Of LOndon PicIkpock.
vi t9ioa.s nss5 tcts, eHlT snH9i!t.g,t
81 The cleverness OF London pickpock-
cts is proverbisl. An American gentle.
man gives the following narrative of HIS
experience while in London, which is
interesting. and may even prove salua-t
ble as a warning to careless people:
lhad occasion to draw ESQ In gold
from my banker in St. James street.
kept my hand over the pocket In which
It lay, asa bird forsakes not her nest
when it has eggs within it, from the very
door to that of my own, on Ludgate
Hill; yet when I got home it was gone
The loss itself did not effect me nearly
50 ,msieiras the neeheAaf tho. losing. I
knew where another ESQ was to be got
without much Inconvenience but whith-
er that ESQ was gone, and by what MI
raculons means, was indeed question.
The pocket which my hand held was in
violate and without hole in it. 1t could
scarcely have hsppened that any thief,
having ripped 1t open, would have the
courtesy, as we'll as the skill, to sew it
up again as l came along. The problem
so worried me, took SO strong hold
upon my mind, that / sent for Inspector
Ferret Of the detective police. 8
p "Ferret," said /, after l had put him
in possession of the circumstances, now
who can have got this money! l'1 hasq'
"Tom Daddles,o or else the Spider, sir"
he replied coolly and without the least
zone of these certain; which
of them depends upon whether you les,
the money east or west of the Bar. Tom
takes all the Strand, and the Spider has
Fleet street and the Hill here" "gaSalq
"Well, now,' said. let me have a
personal interview, Mr. Inspector, if you
please, with the gentleman who has
transferred this property of mine to his
account Of course, | will pass my
word not, to employ the arm Of the law
against him But I very much want to
know how the transfer was effected. -
~ sns sane =, lslao1n' sT .se inspeI.ot q ~ u
proprietor,of the sum in question, and
that he would pay me q visit on the fol-
lowing morning early with explanation
ii Accordingly, while I, was at breakfast
=, alrs ! paaqies 80 ca,led. he was .aln' nov
ungen,iemahiy iooking young "sn, SO
pefly dressed, ana aavlng ratnes 2 con-
splcaons ar " moaesty ana dlmaence.
IVY hn regard TO the money Mr.
brown;la ne sad, y saw you gong west
Waro aiong the otfano, Win tne inlenlion
ofe procuring specie ,iyal
b slow did you know that Z, lnterrup'
ted IL gq s8i Gss,. yfiin
"fou bought, sir, at 2 shop close to
Somerset House, q saffron colored linen
Gag, such as ls nsed Tor carrying money,
and you dangled u IN your hand when
you came out q, ,,,,-..,-..e.....i.
NJ. ASS noda,.s r1as " child S,e sora; a;v;ro,v. a
nevsr v ,ef, Won !" ha con,;nned "from that
~ so,sas. ~. 1n.;i ~, raaah.d Z, 1amas
oe' .sant wnsn vs yea "S .,a., =, ~ H.
$500. ~ ns,' I sAr - g son ~ l'ns w w
Dann ~. ntI's, ssa',., asa nj; ~, aon - nonr
money Us wv When I / saw YOU come out With With
the money in yonrleft coat TAIL. instead
Of bnttone1 mn il the breasi Iaeket the
odds rose ave Ia 10 one I knew twas in
vour left coat ta;l. .beconse you kent yt,,r dla
hand there > /, 7 l'' = ~
-aAnd !. I said impatiently. az never
ttnnok tn Il ont aoain. tbataI can swear to. .
You did not take it out, for long
time. ar, renl,ed Mr. Daddles applaud.
inc moderately. svou gave mo a great
deal of, ansietv. / must confess. But
von d;d tok. r ont at iast
aWbere ?' cried I-..where (? IF did
before I got, home IN he hanged q -
s.Don,t say that. sir,a said nv new. ac-
lausintance rather severely: s.don't use
an expression OF that kind. whatever
.you do. Yon stopped of a print shop
on the west side of Temple Bar. and
| then. my last hope beuan to expire for a
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