The Anaconda standard., 1895-11-21
PrckPockErs THERE.
sevcrai Watches and Purses Taken at the
Psget-whitney Wedding.
From the Ne,x Yorlr TIerafd

Several Watches and Purses Taken at the
Psget-whitney Wedding.
From the New York Herald.
After the wedding ceremony was
concluded and the bridal party had
passed out OF the church. there was a
crush In the center aisle. and II Is be-
lieved that the pickpockets took ad-
vantsge of this lam to rob the pockets
OF the guests. One gentleman. well
known in society. reported the loss of
q gold watch and chain to Captain
OBrien yesterday. saying that he val
ued II at $500. He said that he was
wedged in the middle OF a crowd Of
persons in the center aisle while pass
Ing out OF the church, and that. al
though he felt a tug at his vest pocket,
he thought nothing OF 1t.
When he reached the sidewalk he
discovered that not only had his watch
been taken. but that the chain fasten-
Ing had been removed from his vest
buttonhole and the whole thing deftly
taken. He said that. seeing so many
policemen about the church. he had
not guarded his property with his
usual care. and expressed himself as
being very much disguised. He strong
ly urged the detectives to recover his
watch.
Acting Captain 0'Brien was greatly
surprised to learn that. despite the pre-
cautions taken at e'gfiff b ytheyG d6cJ
cautions he took against a raid by
pickpockets, at the Paget-Whitney
wedding. they had succeeded in get
ting past the police and entering the
church itself. and he detailed several
OF the best detectives in his DEPART
ment to make a search for the watch.
and instructed them to not only recov-
er the watch, but to try to learn who
st,x tav AoA toE
His disgust had about subsided and
the matter was relegated to the arch
ives Of the detective bureau. when two
other gentlemen called and each re-
ported the loss of a watch at the wed
ding. Their experience was similar to
that recounted above. except that the
property was stolen while they were
in the vestibule of the church. one
before and one after the ceremony.
The property stolen from the two
gentlemen was very valuable. and in
one case had been carried by the own
er for a great many years. His mono
gram was engraved on the case, ana
there is some hope OF recovering II.
provided II is pawned.
An attache of the detective bureau
said yesterday that while II was true
that several articles had been report
ed to the bureau as having been stolen
at the Paget-whitney wedding. 1t was
possible that they had been lost. He
said that the police arrangements were
the same as those which were put into
effect at the Vanderbilt wedding OF a
few days before. and there had been
no report Of loss of property from that
wedding.
He said that the church was guarded
both inside and out. and no profession
al thief could possibly have entered
the church, owing to the presence OF
so many detectives who knew every
thief in the East. He said that the
robberies, IL robberies they were. might
have been committed by amateurs.
who through their personal connec-
tiuns, might have succeeded In secur-
ing an Invitation to the wedding.
~ All information as to the identity OF
the victims of the piclSpockets was re-
| fused.