The herald., 1895-04-17

manages to borrow or force loan from
| the innocent.
He may pretend he has been robbed
| and is destitute, or he may borrow $40 or
| tomorrow, or he may blacsinail the victim
by threats or intmidationt to put up IS or
$40 to avoid trouble and get rid of the
! friend with whom he has been carousing
! rather lushly. But the great trick is to
take a carriage and after showing the
their new Tor old friendship. to fash
a $50 $50 or 800 bill on the driver that is
bogus but apparently good to the yokel
who obligingly helps the driver by chang
ing it for is fare. The fellow pockets
the change and soon disappears.
Then again the crook springs the old
| check or craft trick on the man whose
confidence he has gained. The bank is
closed and he needs some ready money.
Will Mr.. Green oblige his friendg and
Green Invariably does. either unsuspect-
| ingly or rather than show his Ignorance
| appear to doubt his 'new-found friend,
who has been very court ous to him.
! And so IL goes 5e
las for illegal gambling, it is such a
! precarious sport in this city that there
will be little of it attempted. But poker
/ Will flourish and the sclub rooms Mill be
| jammed with visitors all night long.
Short card games and other devices will
be mploycd to skin the unwary or reck-
| less visitor. There are innumerab.e ways
! of getting at the purses Of victims and
! the man who comes to the city with the
probably go home plucked for his pains.
How about pickpockets and their
! kind?" ~.ss4.s5
They'll swarm. y said the detective
sententiously. ION the street they usual
! ly work in pairs. On the trains and
~ Il.
| do it singly. A brace of these birds Will
size up victim. infinitely, notice his hab-
F., its and carriage all in moment, and will
! locate his purse or pocketbook and watch
before they operate. Then the stall will
probably take a lit before the victim, or
they will iostle him and in the exc. te-
| ment the .wire.will slip his experienc ed
! finger into the pocket and hook the
stuff. If the purse is in the inside vest
! pocket and the coat is buttoned up tight
~, it viii be hard to get but trousers
| pockets, where men usually. carry their
money, are. easy to get at.
Then they. will rob many person
coming into the city, as these crooks usu
! ally spot victim on the train and get
his purse at the end of the trip. One of
the 'stallas, will pleasantly ask some
obliging old lady or gentleman for change
for 81 or $40 piece and IN this way, after
the gilly' has exhibited his wealth. they
learn What he has. He is closely watched
and when the depot is reached the wire
follows like a shadow. A stall hurrics
along in front. but on pretense that he
has left something in the cars he will
turn and collide violently with the VIC
tim. instantly the wires hand is on
! the unfortunate purse and with due
apologies the fellows d sappear.
''One of the easiestptricks to fellow
we'll up in the art is to get at a woman's
pocket and most women are robbed in
street Gals. The crook, for instance, will
sit next to her and if her pocket is deep
or not easy to get into, he will get out
his scissors and operating under his long
cape and back of his newspaper he will
quietly cut the cloth until the purse is
his. Then he skips. As a rules stylish
ly- dressed woman carries very little
money. SO they rob only more substa ntial
appearing women who may be in business
or going shopping.
The ways of getting jewelry are many.
Scarf pins Are no game at all. as they can
be pulled out in crowd any time a
man : head is turned. The same with
watches They will take the watch and
leave the chain. though if the chain is
easy to slip they will take it, too. But
for fine diamond stud they have to be
wary. For instance, two or three crooks
will spot likely diamond. In thick
jam the fellow in front will stoop to tie
his shoe. or on some pretext, and the one
! DtIIliit Will push dlOtIR anu JAM tuS
victim hat over his eyes. In Jiffy the
wire has seized the PIN between pair
of finger clamps and as he deity. caches
the diamond and disappears, the fellow
with whom the victim is remon strating
makes his apologies and his escape. The
victim turns his head and h. valuable
stud is away around some corner.
The class OF sneaks called ring biters'
will seize woman's hand, and in Jam
will carry the ringtnger to his teeth. In
an instant he has bitten off the diamond
he has been watching, and before the
peared, rarely to be caught. There are
any numbered other tricks, but those go
to show that man should dispense with
jewelry Fiesta days and guard his purse.
or else look out that he grabs his pm be-
| fore he turns his head when anyone
touches him on the shoulder.
Bank sneaks are few and we don t ex-
pect they do any tricks here, said De-
tective Hawley.in response to a question
about snsak thieves. They know that.
careful bankers nave double watches dur
| ing such great gatherings as Fiesta
they dare not operate except. when the
banks are alnIos" deserted. Their cool
ness is wonderful. Two of, them will go
into small bank with a curvIng or elb wv
counter and while the stool pigeon en-
| cages the cashier in an animated CONVEX
| sation on some question of exchange or
| Otner business. The sneak VIII get INSIDE
and load himself with gold. or, preferably
| greenbacks. Doesn't seem probable, but
1t is frequently operated east. Then they
watch around anu rob customers by pick
| ing their pockets. !.
House thieves could not live if one OF
| the family would stay at home from the
parade to watch. They'll come here all
right. but the reading public know house
breakers tricks and ought to know how
to meet them.
'.Jewelry store sneaks will enter and
ask to be shown some loose diamonds,
and the obliging clerk Immediately gets
out bag full for inspection. If the clerk
is not careful the thief will exchange a.
fake diamond for the genuine stone, and
slipping the latter into tiny concealed
pocket that looks like. a rip in the lining,
will be ready for a search if suspected.
OF course he says he will come in again
to buy the diamond selected, and away
he goes.
Hotel sneaks would starveif an extra
force Of watchmen were employed by the
proprietors during the week. Skeleton
keys are used pretty often but they are
risky if the victim is light sleeper.
Then, again the thief will have boy in
his employ who gets in o the room and
| stays under the bed until the occupant is
sound asleep. Then he opens the door
and the robbery is done. AS men seldom
look under their beds or in closets, this
is often done successfully. Another trick