The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-07
THIEVES FOLLOW BRYAN
NOTED CROOKS PICKED UP HERE
BY A PINkERTON MAN.
Pfckpockets Abroad in the Crowds
cions-Cthers Caught in the Act.

The police were kept busy yesterday. The
large crowds had to be handled, the streets
had to be kept clear and the police had to
watch for the hundreds of crooks who took
advantage of the crowds to carry on their
work. All the night patroimen and SER
geants went OH duty at o'clock yesterday
morning and were kept constantly busy,
with scarcely time TO get little lunch,
assisting the day men in the work. The
detectives also had their hands full and a
number of arrests were made.
At the $50 roll CALL when all the men
met at the police station, there had been
but one arrest of man known to have
been here for the purpose of working the
crowds but the men taken in were sup
posed to be here for that purpose, and their
arrest probably resulted in fewer reports
of pockets picked during the day
About 8 o'clock J. ii. Kendall, of Lind
ville went to the police station and re-
ported that he had been robbed somewhere
in the Bryan crowd of the morning. lie
did not know when or exactly where, nut
was anxious to know if the police knew
anything about the case. He said his pock-
ct was picked and his pocketbook taken
The pocketbook, he said. contained small
amount of money and return ticket to
Lindvile. He did not care for the money,
but he would like to recover the ticket,
as it was the only means he had of getting
out of the city. While he was talking, q.
P. Rowe of Central avenue and Twenty
third street, came in and made complaint
that his pocket had been picked and that
the thief had secured about s12. And, by
the way" he said there is a pocketbook
which was given me by a stranger on the
street. L tod the man that my pocket had
been picked and that l was coming to the
ion III a
this pockethook. and asked that leave 1T
here. He said he found it and that perhaps
it. too had been stolen.
The pocketbook proved to be the one
which had been stolen from Mr., Kendall.
The money had been taken from 1T. but his
ticket to Lindville was still in 1t. Mr.. Ken
dali departed very much-pleased man.
He did not see anything unusual in the pro-
ceeding however, and took the recovery
of his pocketbook very matter-of-fact
Mr. Rowe said he thought he could iden-
tify the man who robbed him. He did
not see the man at work, but said he noticed
a well-dressed young man acting suspl-
ciously, and since he missed his pocket
book he had come to the conclusion that
he was the man who got it. He ac-
curateiy described a man who had been ar
rested as loiterer to detectives Kinney,
Richards and Thornton that the man was
brought out and identified. His name is
Frank Smith and he lives at Mapleton.
Among the others brought in, to be kept
out of mischief were the following: Thorn
as Hansen, Terre Haute; Maurice O'Con-
Ierre IduIe, anu lIlOUldS COUHOTS,
1903 Maple street, arrested by detectives Kin
ney Richards and Thornton; Henry Smith.
no address, arrested by patrolman Ware;
George Thompson, Davenport. Ia, arrest
ed by patrolman Butcher; James Howard.
of Evansville. and David Bradford, of 80
North New Jersey street, arrested by Kin
ney and Thornton; John Weber, 81 Ash
land street, West indianapolis, arrested
by patrolmen Boylan and Conklin; Ernest
cinnati, and Harry Whelnor. of Jackson,
Mich, arrested by patrolmen Caplinger and
Wallace.
Caplnger and Wallace were at the police
station with bicycles. and acted as a re-
serve and quick-detail force. They did eff
fective work, arresting several persons who
could not have been caught by slower
method; John Weber the man arrested
train when it arrived in the city. and some
one complained that he had attempted to
pick a pocket while the crowd passing
through the gate at the Union Station
The officers were close by, and arrested the
man before he could get out of the jam of
the crowd.