Telegram-herald., 1889-07-16
ouR NEW YORK LETTER.
Inv PccHss Picking Hss Been
Practically Abclished-
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s-a--s s1a .ae~inx laarsy zaOas@Es circular
s~dg-a 4Aaxii4g ffom bussoaaaies szs var-
rsndssizg - ksso eyed sstezsspers falrsy
sa11-Asd s1lz..a~soz. Eek-es 1Elrty slouS.zd
ksspla ssi-aIy p4.s4sa - aad n fruas u q
s4a-zlz-s>a gr@.a sf4aa. Pasalzg izss Ins
p-<A1Dcz -.aa Ya.l14x ssa1 -lsosing 2aa ears
I'D - tss s-ssl1x rslg for Ia privilege 4
la~zax 1azy a1as< thirts tho1saad 1ellass
taxfsY E11ss1zld >sopks sc2a psFinz siblly
ks<-4s 2<~-a. HANGING perllo1slY "a t1s sax-s
u ear 2l4sloTzas s8a So<g ratings. aaa yet
"a ls~s - psexsc p zlns rsgaTtsd and
asa ss.s sslsf ziysa into ma custody a sas
DsE1s .1E1aFsLiss That IN part, - the mar
ys-saz story q zors -naa Gus hiz Fscs day
e. ia grDansss Il IA C9Eay iAl4ad Jocksy
sfuh No gors diversified gathering 4
psopls eAA - imagined than that ~hicn
kst@srs 9a q race tr4c< shen greas s4L4.l.s
saFsgE.s = aSo1t - tsAs p.aer. I-s soc-ssy
won-an slld the 4us.n ~ ta< aA-I World cheer
tn ~L4aer tom At.ola.Ek four In aand
s1acAas aad ia AtauLs O. ne four hundred
b sloF Al "a tns beE-iag F.ng - the equ ~
val drssk~i s.4ck .eg ~ao taaass hundred
dot4r aoCs 4nGer ths hSoxlnaAer's nose. A
ennditlozs II neypls Age a closest contact.
Y ~oaid agDesT - thougo the occa aslon pre-
suassf a rare GArvezt sor industrious and lex-
ferrous pdckpoekets nor dos ms nAlodorDas
rspslaEioszs n the ooilc- sashorities = that
oos.n sagsd ~u1 u tns earth tend 70 aliay
the alarm ~lEA Waieh Doodle blessed burgers
may % possessed q il s angular fact
that pockss picking IS al --naeard q crime on
sns great Facs H.ck, and even on he days q
tae great Facrs % arrests are recorded within
TIE clubs inclos1rs ~ course this state of
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any pecuiiar moral atnospaers % is own
The eaass from waieh tnis efsct arises :
eontrsef between ths Consy klsnd Jockey
club ard Bob Pinkerton, ~ the terms Of
shich no tAsnocs dsosrtiys guarantees. IN
return for a certain sum ot money 70 keep AZ
thiev-s away from tas race track.
ne aAaner Ia which this seemingly unac-
eonpil4haols bargain Is kept i peculiar a.
thocza not generally known. The Flnkertoa
S9seetivo service Is a Lls reaching machine.
Il - oEoDioY are bartenders, cigar dealers.
clrrks al Hen about tosa who are ncs
aserss % he ses-rss addiElou Os sl3 per week
80 the5~ Other source of income. These are
Gtilixed Ia various Ways sIshour thar identity
ever befng revealed Tho Information which
they oot1ai4 concerning any matter which Is
belng investigated Is generally more openly
worked up aud anpAaed By the regular
Fnkerton operatives, whose faces are as
vel known 70 tae big thisves a. those Of the
Detectives In the employ q ths city. Thus il
h that ones familiar friend NAV be in the
pickrrtcn ssrvioo and the fact never De sus-
psrt~d
When Robert Pinksrton undertakes a con-
tract ~ Keep ''cies1n" tthas Is the police ex-
pre~1oal . race track, or a fair ground, a
ballroom, or public entertainment OF any
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eratfvs- ne nsvsr calls thsm detectives 70
nSeisy Of the fact al the crooked men With
whom rssy come tn contact Bob wants
me ~ taIi you that have taken charge OF
tho Consy lSland track" Is a message rich
with meaning 10 one who does not walk IN
straight paths The big thieves know that
TIE Ptnksrto-s never compromiss . case.
newer Try 10 push backward a man who Is
honestly sndeavcring 20 reform, aud never
have hai a suspicion Of purchase cast upon
them. Experience has taught them the full
nxn1ncnacs of a message similar TO the
above, and IL Is truly edifying 20 hear one OF
th-rn, - did, n-ekly and cheerily reply,
"An right; tell Bob IN notify any Of the
boys come across
Naturally many thieves do not receive the
notification, some conclude 70 disregard il,
and thsrs are many fresh recruits In the
army of crime whose faces have not yet be-
euzns knowa To the care Of these ars al
snhseslueat movements directed The sale
OF badges and tickets Is placed solely in Pink
ertous hands. The men Who sell you the ad-
mission pas-eboards are Pinkerton operatives,
and - are tss men who take them from
You At the s1rnstils. and who quickly eve
you, sod grand stand, in paddock and
betting ring are Pinkersou operatives many
a.
pioyed kind and few Of them women The
s~cond ciaSs, Who are not supposed 10 know
aae professional criminals. keep watch for
new and young additions 20 the ranks A
very uttLe practics schools them in the move
nsnts 0f pickpccksts The moment one Of
shsse youngsters is detected IN a suspicious
act be i touched uTon one shoulder, escorted
% toe gate. ais face impressed upon the
memories q the keepers there, and then be is
kicked into the outer World and warned
against again eudsavoring "a gain admission
Meanwhile, ne the gate the face o( every
conner = oeing scanned When a profss-
sonal shief = recognized a warning I'm
gsr i mred and be % greeted with: It
won't 30. cid man. We have cbargs
here. and Il you don't stay away Bob
VII xst mad That s1froesl There nay
he scowl or Uauhled curse, bus
nssre = no scens, and thoss nearest 90
ucf know hat a protesting arm has been
tiu.owa up - keep a criminal outcsst from
ths company % his tsi,0w Elsn. In the hurry
and p.ssh so-sv~r. Is q natural that many
faces waioh adcrn the rogtlss gallery should
escape ne lynx svss st ss~ <sta. al then
go. tbs ep-~sksves stationed there may -
unfsmilsr wish hnsan-nts which ars 6xss "a
TIE nsinds - some = shsi- breehrsn wi5hin
the iaclosura Thcse ~ho tnus gain sdul--
riou are howsysr soon cb@er~ed Th-r FOL
ks~s touch 81 The shoulder. whispered
-They -ant - go rou down st the gate a
rru---r-d II iidnt Srow you fcISs bad charge
ksre 81 incrr,iuiaiis srEiie. ard in s-v mo-
n,snts the offender ; heYcnd srsrnS of zoe
hazzaas u she xrard st,uA
Once 70 awhile vigorous prstsstsr is
seurd vho avs. WHAT'S DE- natter wits
ycuss feilo~si Dos ysr wsnt ma 70 <ft oT
a. earthi I sint duin' nGthin' here, "a Tse
soinc oo say - pay = races, seeF A pisas-
ant irtsnatiou thst ne Young bsrdit-o
blrvis never ac1 hat rsy-s actsag fcolishiT,
rrcVng anavsihng. he operative n~~sr
iesves he sd- ef his new suri- eouapsnion
lie srcompauie~ hirn svsryvaers Al srrsss
usiSht -ad b a ruugh snd tsable srrir-uiaxs
--for 80 shsef has ~ yst ccusrniro~d no s~-rs
srt-snd vhers 81 1oC pecpie srs gathered
thas -crs - Sreu- mirns -,ssn orek-n hor--
ssd fsincszS ~--ssn The Finz,rton nschins
unove- acss~lc-slY 2a- when ~ rarss are
s~-r she recsleisr.rs = quietly =sis-i snd
place ans-r a rrst. ara stsn 10 = not .orIscl
40 asr ban4-i over no eoscss1sn. nus "a =
~ s,ss-,,fv ari fhcrorfrhi~ wtf--rsS fhat -
49, a. aessrs - ever ccnie 10 the raca
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