Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-09-07
KNOWS ALL THE THIEVES.

KNOWS ALL THE THIEVES.
A tall. naughty young woman. wrap
ped In furs. with large diamond ear
rings, moved lszily through the throng
Of shoppers In an uptown dp.good' 60.
,sbli.hmsnt the other day. She ,ie"ed
With indifference the great variety OF OBJ
jsets exposed for sale. and ehaiied gsyly
with q young and s,ylishly dressed com
psnion. casting naughty looks OF dis.
pleasure ct the more vulgar shoppers
whenever. m frequently happened. they
were rude enough TO josile against her
A handsome japanese leather shopping
sa,ehel swung from her left arm and. In q
harder jo.tle than any she bad yet re-
csived. the spring snapped and the s.'eh'
81 swung open. Inside lay a purse. some
loose rreenbseks and odd change tempt
ingly exposed to view. The fair owner
continued her elsgan, walk utterly OBJ
l,iou. Of the danger threatening her
purse.
A stylish young fellow who had been
darling hi,her and ,hi,her Ia the ihrons
suddenly rested bis eyes on the open
saichel. They ,~inkled for moment,
and then be became very earnest and sp'
paren,ly very anxious TO reach the street.
lie forced bis way up to the 'a'ehel.
dexterously hid il from view. and .lyly
stole hi. hand into Its depths. lie was
abou, 10 Withdraw Il again. when be met
with . sudden and unexpected shock. A
stout, heavily bull, man. with bis over.
Goa, buuoaed up TO the ears. who had
been moving slowly with the crowd. aP.
paren,ly indifferent, TO everything and
everybody. had suddenly taken violent,
in,efe., in the dspPer young man, ADD
|, was hi. hand ~hleh had arrested The
thief Just ss he had started TO remove
the purse ard mosey from the open
saieh,l.
The yoang lady turned around With a
slight scream. much disturbed. and there
ws.a connection In the immsdi.,e neigh
borhood.
Keep yoar .,iehsl closed. madam.
remarked the stout man calmly. and BE-
fore she had relvcrei from her fiishi he
bad disappeared With the thief IN BIZ
custody.
| A reporter Who had watched the FORE
going. followed the tvo men inio phi
ya,e Office q, one end Of the .seond story.
"l should ,hink that you would kno~
enough 20 keep oa, Of here. aid the
stout man ansrily TO the ihi,L
The latter laughed earelessly and sub
mi,tsd TO being ,eneh-d wilhol, mur-
mur.
"wh.,'. the Odds" he returned With
a grin. "The bosses won'i have us -
rested, 81 We run no risk. Onoe Ia
while We strike a daiFsr when you're OF
saliysniirg with the daisies. That
va. a pretty lay out you spoiled Ja''
bow, though" be added, regrsifa!ly
Wont you come oa, and have some
thing /"
"No, Just now" replied the stout man
ironically, "bai I'll see that You 81
out"
clam the house detective" he said, a
little later. after having conducted hi'
ehsrse on, Of side door. I'll have been
. detective nearly al my lie. and ! owe
my pr,,snt place 10 the fac, that kno-
by ,ishi every professional ihisf and pick
pocket IN the country. ! get a large
salary f1r doing nothing bui walk W
and down through the store all day. and
am entirely my osn master have
several assistant. also, bui ! an rcspoa-
.ble fOr al. lf.pockei'book :, lo'''
an article taken from counter. OF q
clerk krocks down. am held to An'-er,
- ths, am obliged to keep my eyes
open Ill tie time.
People ATE very careless. 4 dozen
time. at least every day ! have 10 warn
ladies iha, their shopping saiehsl' ar'
open. OF ,hs, they have laid their purses
on the counter while examining goods.
alt IL rule Of ihi. house 10 avoid
publicity a. much a. possible in the mat
ter OF arrests. II | find a thief. even 10
the &C, Of stealing. | simply take away
hr booty. search him carefully fof other
stolen goods. and then pa, him out. II
find him In the crowd. even when be =
no, plying hi. trade, | search him just
the same and put him out. | use nc
disguise. The thieves know me and
know them. They submit to search
rather than TO arrest, and IN that w.l
We keep from the public the fact ,hsl
,hisve. fr,quen, ,hi. place. "-Ne's iori
| Star.