Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-31
THIEVES AT WORK.
How the PiCkpockets Eleeced the I'm
suspecting Public at the Fair.

From the Macon (Ga.l Telegraph.
Last night the depots and hotels were
again worked by the picSpockets, and a
harvest of greenbacks and silver was
reaped.
At the union passenger depot, soon after
the arrival of the train from Savannah,
fifteen pockets were picked In as many
minutes. The robberies occurred in the
hall between the two waiting rooms. A
police officer tried in vain to catch the
thieves at their work. They were too
well skilled in their business to be
caught.
The names of few of the
PERSONS THAT WERE ROBBED
were obtained, together with the attend
ant circumstances.
j. r. Walker, OF Dalton, spent Wednes-
day night at a boarding-house on the cor
ner of Cherry and Fourth streets. The
room in which he slept vas also occupied
by several other men. When he awoke
yesterday morning and examined his
clothes he found that somebody had taken
from one of his pockets So. He made
known his loss, but the other inmates Of
the room denied knowing anything about
it.
Walker informed police officer that he
had heen robbed, but as he could give no
description of the men that occupied the
room with him, IL was impossible to dis
cover and arrest the thief.
James Leonard, OF Eatontou, reported
at he city prison that he had been robbed
OF his watch. He said that he thought he
knew the man that had taken 1t, but did
not know where he waS.
Maj Jere Fuss, OF Milledgeville, had
500 taken from his pocket at Browns
hotel. He could give no description of
the thief.
Mr.. John Wright, of Eatonton, lost $40
He knew nothing of the loss at the time it
occurred, aud therefore could make no
suggestion as to the identity of the thief.
Mr.. Thomas Bunkley, residence I'M
known, had his pocket picked of $40 and
a railroad ticket. He was very sore over
his loss, but his lamentations were of no
comfort to him.
VERY POLITE PICKPOCKET
victimized DIR. S. d. Stovall, of DoOly
county. DIR. Stovall and his daughter
were in Floral Hall, near the exhibit of
the Georgia Music House. They wished
10 leave the hall, but the crowd about the
doors was so great that they found 1t i'm
possible to do 80. While they were dis
GUESSING what they should do, a we'll
dressed young man standing near volun-
teered to aid them.
''Dp you hold to your daughter,n said
the polite stranger, sand will get be-
hind you and push you through the crowd.
30 Dr. Stoyal was agreeabfy impressed by
( the Young mans politeness, and accepted
his offer Of ard. N lao wa
Everything being in readiness. the party
started through the crowd with a grand
rush. Just as they reached the door, DR..
Sf(vaH folf ,,lf 4 hfc~i
He grabbed the hand, looked around. and
discovered that it was the polite young
man that was trying to rob hima DR..
oiOvall attempted to retain his hold OF the
hand which he had caught in his pocket,
but the crowd was so great and struggled
so irantically that he could not do 50.
The polite yOunP man escaped, and car
ried with him $40 of DR.. otOvalPs money.
The latter will not be so agreeably inn
pressed by the next polite stranger he
meets.
@e sroitasi ArLADY DETECTIVE. ma
At the park, yesterday afternoon, Mrs
Robert Trippe, Of Forsyth, was standing
near a dense throng OF people. WnilC
gazing al the eOntortiOns of the thEOng as
sitswayed tOiand fro, she saw y6une
man pick the pocket OF several persons,
and cried oHt3n ~ f3adcrr ssv II
p The thief hlo Mrs. bTripp's e3olama.
ton, ahd walking up TO her, blandiy in
CURED, s gu
!sIias anybody been robbed, rnadamP'
i44HYes,p she replied, II saw you, sir, rob
several persons moment ago.S s.usn
The thief did not stay 90 make a denial
but quickly disappeared in the throng and
esoapeba tOn u f visa We 44 5.i.t
On the corner of Third and Mulberry
streets, at $50 o'clock last night, two
negro men, names unknowh, were en-.
gagged in dividing some money which they
had received for cotton sold to a ware,
housed firm. While one WAS in the act oil
handing thesOtheF a $50 bill, white man
wRp passed byHrabbed the bill, and ran
off towards Walnut street, An exciting
chase ensued. but the thief escaped in the
darkness on Walnut, and the negroes re.
turned to Mulberry, bemoaning their loss
These are but few of the robberies that
occurred during yesterday. 1t is impOs.
siDle, as has been already suggested, tc
say how many took place.
HOW MUCH DID THEY GET:
1t is difficult to answer this question
but 1t is estimated that in money
watches, papers and 9th valuables al
least $4,000 were slipped out Of the pock,
cts of the visitors to the fair and slowed
away in the pockets of the thieves with
the nimble fingers. This estimate NAV
appear to be exaggerated, but it should
he remembered that one gentleman alone
lost $l30 in United States currency and
$1,000 worth Of valuable papers. Many
others lost large sums of money, and
watches and pppers valued at consider.
able sums.
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