Telegram-herald., 1889-05-31

FINDS MS hAkD 10 SUIT
mands 70 see peculiar kind Of goods
watch belongs 70 that particular depart
uenL
The clerk pulls down something for her
Il turns out TO DC the wrong article, and
leaving the first customer 70 contemplate
the extensive assortment OF embroideres
before her he endeavOFs 20 please the
second customer Immediately he finds
himself the victim Of two exactIng and un-
reasonable females, and. after showing
them a .arge share OF the goods in his de-
partment. he il mortified 20 see them walk
away, each ono in a different direction,
without having bought dimes worth, and
re IS subsequently mortified to find that
two or three cards OF toe most costly lace
have been stolen.
Substituting an empty pOckct-bOob for a
wel-tlled one IS another dodge. A lady
LAYS her pocket-book on the counter while
she looks at some goods that have been
taken down for Der inspection. In the
twinklsng OF an eve an empty purse has
been substituted for the plethorIc one, and
the sh0pdf,er betaSes herself 70 another
store t0 repeat the operation"
Are the women who ply this trade well
drcssedF'
'.No, not "a a rule; If you would ike 70
get an idea Of their general appearance you
ought % 80 20 a police station and see the
'Rogues Gallery"
Rather glad Of prsteKt for seeing this
interesting collection Of celebrities, / went
% one Of the police stations and had the
pleasure Of seeing $50 rogues, all in a row
not such a bad looking lot, either, "a
bad expected 70 see. The shoplifters, who
were pointed ont to me, were mostly wom-
en-: a. rule they affect shawis or loose
sacks and Jaunty mats. Some OF the wom-
en- were not over twenty or thereabouts,
but the majority were niddie-aged, and
from their appearance, had grown hard
ensd in crime Some o. the men had been
decidedly averse % having their paoto-
graphs taken. and 10 some cases drawn
their faces into all sorts a CCnt0rtlons-
Where a man had absolutely refused %
look the camera squsrs.y in the face a po-
Hcsmau bad oohxRgy held up his head
for him. but with the women 10 was differ
EN- Their pride in having their photo
graphs look n well a. possible had over
r-led their desire f1r guisinE their coun-
teuauces. In one or two cases, however.
the less hardened 0f ths wretches be'd their
beats bent over as FAR as they could, and
their eyes were closed This was possibly =
tribute msnentoes OF themselves % the
Rogues' Gallery.
They have very little sense Of shame,
however" remarked an Cf3csr. and they
seldom reform. A shcpiifter once. shop
Ef-er always Vow. this woman here, No
- he continued she has been brought
ND here three or four times. and there a nc
telling how many tines sue has appeared
"a ether police courts'
The record acconlpsnT TfnE each picture IS
concise ard % The point.
Name. aliases. crime. usticuality. srr. coloi
Of sves. rsat. write.
A younz ziri shout twelve years cd vas
arrested 10 one u the stores yesterday ard
brought here. When searched lt was found
,Aa. shs Aad iuuumersbie pockets IN hsr
sxirfs. Which she bad lied wl+o variety
q articles. gloves and hszcksrchsfs Pre-
Gou1iussng
There = a regular system of education ].
vogue among shopiiftsrs. There ara nu.
uerous instances where young Eir8s s1c
boys have hpen caught IN company VIII
w-li-xncwu professional shopiif-ers, ans
some - thess juveniles aave confssses
Aat thev have been taught how - steal
To become successful "a thr business, 7
"a necessary nat oniv e acquire eexterif1
n takiuE artlcies out % boxes CT frcu
counters. hut also 20 earn e pass the good
euicsly sud secretly 20 a confederate. Is'
hrst lesson taught beg inners Is bow - re
ceive stolen gocds froa the bands ~ th'
usore experien -ei thieves Theu. step b
step. TIE ycung shcpiifters are sa rsncsc II
ne axs antil they are permitted = &c -