The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-01-29

a siyuzh TiaIsg who stos. ro.trr.uti.
60 fHa Fauu-

a stylish ElIeg who stols CoutrIIsutiouu
60 the Poor
do Fou know the logvest-dovvu trick
ever heard of27 inquired a detective
whose engagements give hizn as much
time i'm New York asr-hicauo. 4 mega
tive answer was tnadc, with couzidara-
Die curiosity as TO tlls reply &c would
elicit
well sir continued the officer. 81
met Him on the platform of the Sisth
avenue railway station at Park place
two nights before last ChrfFtfnas
| had been laying for him for Two weeks.
but no opportunity presented tLseIE for
detecting his identity tili then Queer
job, that, isn't it-laying for the mean
est tOwcst-dovvn muu aIirca Of course,
that wasn't Tire technical charge on
which Z wanted him. You can't arrest
a man just for being generally mean
and low-dovvu and cuza=J. and If you
did you couldn't convict him
e ''No, had a blank Warrant FOR this
fellow on "a very dcGaite and dis
agreeable churEe-grand larceny, in
fuct-but his peculiar form of larceny
Just lacked being as mean as that of
the mythical gentleman who stole the
eoPPers on his deceased grandmothcr's
eyes.
at all the elevated stations in New
York. fastened 10y a brass bracket
against the outer wall, ia plain view,
ere two heavy glass globes, with slots
in the top The yellow background
and the red cross of Geneva sufficient
. ly announce their purpose without the
printed legend beneath. They are boxes
for the reception of voluntary contri bu-
tious Tor the free hospitals of New York
city.
Now, aloaE shout the holidays.
when the spit of merriment aud good
will breeds. generous thoughts ia every
H--. -. "
gather silver very rapidly. The ones
downtown, below Eighth street, ia
fact, are generally filled every twenty
four hours with uiclzels, dimes and
quarters dropped in by those of the
rushing throng who aren't in too great a
hurry 70 remember the unfort "a le
sufferers in the hospital
''Now, for "a month or more before
Christmas these globes would occasion
ally be found broken by the collectors,
% never more than one or two u night
aud always ut different stations I was
put on the job below Park place and
another man above. ] spent two weeks
Loading around the stations, going from
one to another on the trains, and finally
assured myself that the theft occurred
about the time the last train went up
I town ut night ] Travelled on that last
train, getting on and on again ut every
station, for three days, but with no re-
suits y ct every morning another globe
would be found broken and it's contents
gone. At last J decided to put iu one
entire night at the Park place station,
for the globes there filled better than
at any other point ] went up with the
crowd Bound for the last train, but
snealeed around behind a dirt-boz and
didn't get aboard. All the rest did but
one. He was young fellow, well
dressed, wearing a silk hat and "a nice
Overcoat, and carrying a Hhawl-strap,
. He made a rush TO board the train as
it pulled ont, but just late enough e
. have the gates closed on him. Then Lg
asked the guard tho time Of tho FRS
, out train in the carly morning, uuJ
: started as 80 90 leave by the dovvu-tovy
! sids-stairway- But he only went hall
, [ way down, waited till lac heard ths
guard retire TO the warm Office, uuc
came back. After a careful scrutiny ht
f., . walked quietly up to the globe. nearly
] full of silver, drew from his shavI-straT
/ "a heavy piece OF blanket and a sort o.
! big nut-cruclzer made of iron aud ucarll
4 two feet long. lie first wrapped the
! blanket tightly around the glass glCbJ
!, in the brass 6ruclSet, Chcu put the iroI
: nut-craciters outside Of ALL squeezed
hard, and the heavy glass broke Z,
. smithcreeus with hardly uH audible
4 uut-crnclzer, cash. and all as 20 lay IN
/, around, and then j stepped out ana
= ought TO have had twenty. It.Vvas TIM
a. meanest sort of thieving that I've eve
come acoss in my professional career
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