The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-04-17

berless other piratical rascals. of all ages
and both sexes This seven thousand
are like the starving wolves, the coyotes
and buzzards. Anything and everything
is fair prey for them.
PICKPoCKETs.
Among the professional thieves are
four thousand pickpock kets-bold skilled
scoundrels. who arc terror to the com.
munity. We ind them plying their trade
in theatres and churches, 10 the street
cars and at political meetings, on the pub
lie thoroughfares. and even at funerals
They comprise men, women and child
rem. Grey haired, respectable appearing
men. who might easily be mistaken for
Wall street brokers, or Broadway mer
chants, beautiful, refined looking and ele
gantly dressed women, and prattliug
bright eyed children. are among the mum
Der. They are carefully instructed by
adopts many of them serve long ap
premiership under the supervision of
some export. Dickens description of
Fagan the Jew, iustructing his pupils, is
far from being exaggerated. There is in
| 'h'S WY uCuS WHtlC CUlluIeu
carefully trained for this purpose. In
Essex street, within a stones throw of the
Bowery, veteran pick pocket has been
engaged for years in teaching children
how to steal. This is 10 fancy picture.
but an actual fact. A rope is stretched
across the room. on which are hung coats
pantaloons and dresses Pocketbooks and
watches are then placed in the pockets
of the garments, and the children strive
to extract them without moving the cloth
ing Alter they have been thoroughly
drilled they are sent out on the streets to
to operate in real earnest. Three or four
pickpockets usually form a gang or work
ing iorce Each one has some particular
part to perform. Iu operating on the
cars, for instance, one OF them will ob
struct the passage way. another will place
himself so as to conceal the hands of the
| expert, while the third will stand ready
to receive the plunder which is passed to
him the instant it leaves the person of
! the victim.
SHOPLIFTING.
Twelve hundred shoplifters form by
no means an Insignificant body of thieves
More than half OF them are icmales.-
They steal annually many thousand dol
lars worth of goods. Large establish
ments are compelled to employ special de
tectives to look after this class. The ease
and rapidity with which they load them
selves with large quantities of goods, un-
der the eyes of some watchful clerk, is
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with large pockets concealed in the folds
of their garments Some of these re
ceptaclcs are capacions enough to hold
three or four bolts of muslin. An ele
gautly attired lady was arrested the other
day, walking gracefully away from large
dry goods establishment on Broadway
She was conducted to private room and
relieved of one roll of Lyons velvet, fifty
yards Of Antwerp silk, and a box contain
ing seventy five yards of ribbon. A ia
vorite mode of operation is to have one
of their number engage the attention of
the clerk while confederate takes the
goods.
BURGLARS
Nine hundred burglars are prowling
about the street, night and day. These
men are daring, hardened criminals
They seldom hesitate to commit murder
to escape capture The brutal murder OF
| old Mr. Nathan, aud the shooting of Mr.
Phelps illustrate the desperate character
of this class.
"FENCES."
Fives hundred receivers of stolen goods
carry on a thriving business 10 this city
| Many Of them are Jews. Some of them
are very wealthy. One Of their number
Another ownes church, bought with the
proceeds of robberies The straight
laced orthodox congregation who worship
10 this sanctuary little suspect that it is
owned by a notorious "receiver Among
this glass are dealers in every kind OF
stolen property. Burglars, pickpocket
and other rascals fud a market among
these people for government bonds, rail
road stocks, jewelry, dry goods, groceries
old iron, bottles and every description OF
plumber. The thief receives about one
fourth the actual value of the property
CoUNTERFEITERs, CONFIDENCE OPERA
TORS, ETC, ETC
Manufacturers and passers Of counter
felt money, confidence operators, mock
auction dealers river pirates, policy deal
ers, quack doctors, fortune tellers, abor
tionists and gift jewelry swinders make
up the balance of the 65 000.- From
| tie Neu York commercial AdCertiserl
A cearfeld county mother learned OF
her daughters contemplated elopement,
aud on the night appointed Tor the flight
she put some laudannm in the girls tea
The latter fell asleep aud did not wake
up till the next morning, and in the