The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-21

would permit. He looks upon his oc-
cunation as a legitimate form of bust
ness which has the advantage over
other forms of furnishing constant
change and excitement And he takes
the same precautions against trouble
with the authorities that other bust
ness men take against fire or loss at
sea
Understanding that money furnishes
the surest means of evading the All
OF the law, he takes care, before start
ing on tour, say of country fairs, to
associate with him as his confederates
or mob" three or four men, each one
OF whom is required to deposit stip-
ulated sum, usually $1,000, with some
reputable lawyer who represents the
combination. This is another novel
phase of modern criminal life that
iaw-breakers now employ lawyers to
assist them in escaping the law, and
70 eXtrlcate them when they have fall
len into its clutches This fund of
$4,000 or $1,000 is understood TO be for
the benefit of whichever one of the
company who may be unfortunate
enough to take a fall" that is, get
''pinched.'
In such an event the lawyer is i'm
medlately notified to send Cd the neces-
safy bail money, taken from the
amount held in readiness. 1t rarely
happens that more than 81, 600 or 50, 600
is required as bail in the county seat
where Dayton Sammie' opera tes.
ana that amount is cheerfully forfeited
by The men for the privilege of being,
left free to continue operations else
wnere. What is $1,000 or $4,000 to the
expert pdckpocket, who frequently
makes as much in a single haul from
the wallet OF some guileless country
xx-fla
one OF the Dichpockets who has Tins
skipped his BALI is known. the indo-
lent country officers usually prefer to
spare themselves the trouble and cost
OF pursuit and, keeping the bail money.
leave the wrong-doer urdisturbed.
thus 1t is that Dayton Samn1ien and
others like him ('Sammie" himself
was arrested in Florida few weeks
ago ana IS now awaiting triaD are
able to plumber people year after year
WA Almost impunity. They fight the
authorities with their own best Weap-
Gns' intelligence and money.
THE PICKPOCKET AND THE
SHOPLIFTER.
| AS showing how every new condition
OF our city life is utilized by criminals
Tor their advantage, the crowded street
/ car may be mentioned and the uni
! VerSal habit of newspaper reading,
/ bo'eh of which in large cities give the
/ plckpockeT chance to reap a harvest
/ Imagine three or four men standing on
/ the back platform of a car, all busy
I with their papers. One of these, who
/ seems TO be reading no less attentively
than the others, is a pickpocket, keen
/ on the outlook for watches and scarf
/ pins. What is easier for him, as his
neighbor lifts his arm to turn a page
and thus hides from his own view
( what is going on below his chin, than
to ring the undefended waUch. OF
deftly remove the covered "sparkler?''
Or if two pickpockets are on the plat
form working together, how Simple
! and natural for one OF them to spread
, MS newspaper accidentally under tbs
nose of his victim, while the other
taking advantage of the latter's an
noyance or preoccupation, makes way
with valuables in sight?
And inside the car there is still.
/ easier prey in the crowds of women
absorbed in shopping schemes or clat-
tering gossip, and all unsuspicious thai:
the gentleman beside them CHEESE pick
pockets make a point of looking like
/ gentlemen) with his hand carelessly
thrust in his coat pocket. has designs
I upon llielI Mell-l4leu purses. AS z
matter Of fact, the pocket in which he
has his hand has a slit in 1T through
which the hand may emerge quickly
at favorable moment. and seize the
unguardsd treasure. This is one OF
the newest and most successful &C
complishments in the pickpockets rep
ertoire, and it is even said that some
Of these lighr-fngered gentlemen have
such skill Of the hand that, operating
as described through the protesting