Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-04
NO. 233
LIGHT FINGERS.
They Strike a Big Streak of Luck-A Five
Hundred Dollar Diamond Ragged
Watches and Pocket Books Missine-An
Editor IOsos $40

SA'No dig SCreaK OF Luck-A Five
Hundred Dollar Diamond Bacped-
Watches and Pocket Books Missine-An
Editor Loses $42.
The first robbery of the fair was renor.ed
yesterday. 1t was double one. and aaore-
gated $Sl. 1t was the handiwork of profes.
SIGNALS given to light Fingered industry. Two
grangers came in by the Chicago Milwaukee &
st. Paul road yesterday noon. They wentlup
to the ticket Office to continue their journey
over the Iowa Minnesota branch, called for a
ticket and the price thereof CONSERVATION
they felt in their pockets and found their
pocket-5ooks gone. Each rushed out franti-
caly and accosting Officer Hanft stated they
had been robbed respectively of 1921 and $751;.
Total SOL. Both suspected two fair-speakiue
Young men whom they met on the train.
The above may be named Nos. l and e.
HARD ONE ON GRANITE STATE MAN.
No. occurred just about the same time and
was Of the same kind of work as Nos. / and Q.
An old gentleman named Adams, from New
Hampshire, had his pocket picked of $50. He
reported his loss to Officer Cook The old gem
tleman discovered it whsn be cane to Inv =
ticket t"r his further journey to Waseca He
suspects three nice young men whou he met
just as he got off the train, one of xhon.
jostled him bit.
AMM1 CUTTERS PANTS CUT. @
When the 7:l5 train came in from tina fair
grounds, Ammi Cutter, of Anoka, was one Of
the passengers. When it stopped at the depot be
got off. When he got through the crowd and
reached the Merchants hotel, be found he had
been robbed of $42 He don't know how il
was done further than his pocket was cut, and
his pocket book taken.
A DIAMOND STUD STOLEN.
Ason' somewhat an invalid. of MajorFridley,
OF Broker, repaired to the depot, yesterday sf-
ternoon, to take train, or so much of one as
he had paid foror gotten pass for-one seat.
Ihere was big crowd around the depot and a
surglng mass about the cars. MIR. Fridley had
his sntrt front ornamented with $500 dia-
mond ST I'D when he left the Merchants hotel
When he got into his seat in the chr he didn't
have the $5OO diamond which ornamentcd mis-
shirt front when he left the Merchants MOTEL.
The indications were that wnen Mr.
Frldiey surged through the SURFING crowd
around the cars, somebody nipped bis diamond.
Tor his shirt front was badly torn lust around
"nere Inc diamond formerly glistened.
FEELING FOR TELLER.
In this very same crowd Col. ". 81, Teller
made one OF the multitude He was irving 10
get off the train, through the crowd and to the
Merchants hotel. He succeeded in accom-
pllshing all he undertook, but got throu b the
crowd without his watch. Not only that. the
chain was gone we'll. COL Feliers valued
his property at $780,
TAKING TICKERs
Besides the loss of this one watch, three
others are said to have been taken bv the ex-
perts, who were working the crowd SO laora-
lively. The names of these additional victims
could not be ascertained.
POCKET pTCKFN nv M M nr,r,
Last night, after every body disembarked
from the Pinafore, a black whskered, red f.e
gent complained to the police he had his pocket
picked. in the Opera house. He declined
to give his name, saving he
wished no newspaper notriety, but positively
declared he had been robbed IF money auuunt-
ing to $50 or $50. He said be had rnl.ed out
his pocket book to buy ticket, put it back in
his pocket, after which he know nothing about
it. -,
THE CONFIDENCE GAME.
Yesterday about -1:35 cloek p. NJ,
one of the baggage snashers
OF the T., III. d st. 2. depot observed granger
| nightly interested in a pile of trunks.
He had his gaze intently fixed on one in par
tlcular. The baggage smasher thought the
countryman DESTROYS of usurping his muscular
business, and inquired his purpose. The
granger said he was watching a mans
oAuAA AL ulu. how much does
he owe your inquired the rsilroader.
"Why, all had, $685. replied the astonished
granger. True enough Mr.. Beach, of Wabashaw
county, had been confdenced out of s26 by a
smooth-talking stranger whom he had met on
the train. The sharper played the same old
game on Mr.. Beach which has
been advertised in the daily papers every
day for a ceatury-or since daily papers had a
beginning. The stranger had bill to pay for,
freight, didn't have the change, etc., borrowed
the money FROM Beach, and then sent the
greeny to watch his trunk and wait until be
came back. Little or no sympathy need be
extended to such, fool as Beach, on f he could
have expended his money more advantageousiy
at the State fair, which he intended to visit,
GUHELEss GRANGER.
Another man, who don't read the newspapers,
was also victimized in the Same way he lost
1928. The FOOLS name couldn't be learned to
add to the long list Of names which have been
lnamortailzed as supreme asses, at
whom the genuine animal twould bray out a
sonorous contempt.
The moral of the above rehash of one davis
vlcissludes, is that all going to the fair to-day
or intending to go up in a crowd, had best
leave all portable gewgaws and articles of value
at home.