The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-18

caught fumbIing in peoples pockets
Shortly before the review begun, a detec-
tive saw one of the crooks trying TO take
a purse from a woman's pocket. Fastening
to her rescue, the officer arrested the
man, and then asked the woman to see If
she had not lost her purse. She found She
had.
The prisoners were put in the upper cells
at the police station and showed by sew
eral little shortcuts that they had either
been in such places before, or We're IA
miliar with the ways of those who had.
They took Off their coats, threw them
selves careTessly on benches, and seemed
to take the situation in a philosophical
way. one man amused spectators at the
station by the unique way he had Of
making a combined coat and hat rack
He passed a pencil throw the loop ty'
which the coat hangs, then fastened it
cleverly in the iron doc" OF his cell. The
coat collar was pointed so as TO make an
ideal rack for the hat. THAT is certainly
clever" said an observer. THAT fellow has
either seen some of this life before. or mas
the qualities of a genius"
Connors is reported TO be the one caught
picking the wOman's pocket at the park.
He was asked about il, and his statement
indicates that at least some of the gang
came here to do the town yesterday and
DIODdDly Aiu LOL 0AICNI " AlCNt CQClA a
difficult task.
81 cannot understand why they took
me-" he said. az was simply standing near
the woman when an officer approached,
arrested me, and then told the woman to
see If she had not lost her book. She
looked and replied that she had not. But
they can't do nothing with me. They didn't
even get the womans name. Can they
convict me on the officers statement
alone?"
"How is the law in this state on pick
pockets?" he asked. Il have understood
there is no law against it, and l cannot
therefore see the use of making an arrest.
oh. I guess they'll keep us until Monday
and then tell us 10 shake the town. But
guess we can do that an right"
Another of tue men peeped through the
bars and inquired wlose hands ne had
fallen into. ITS a funny thing" said he,
chat 1 can't come South without being
taken in first thing as a suspicious char
aoter Gracious, my folks were awfuhy
unkind to give me this kind Of a mug.
I'm disguised with the whole business, and
as soon as 1 get home I'll just try TO
modify my face, so as rot to arouse sus-
plcion everywhere / 60
Had the man applied his saying to the
crowd. lie would not have missed the de-
scrIntion far. AS a whole the men look like
inc characters they are charged with be-
tng Sorne of their faces bear a marked
resemblance to those Of the general run
of men who do funny work, and Chief
NcDermott gives this as an evidence
which rarely fails to prove true.
eve started out to land these fellows"
said the chief. land l believe every man
we have is a. pickpocket. There is sew
oral wavs Of detecting this class of Grim
mails besides seeing them going into vic
inns pocket As a general rule, the ap-
nearance and demeanor win tell, and whel
either of these suspicious is detected, the
oficer should keep a close watch on his
man He should follow him into crowds
ana watch his conduct, which in a major
ity Of cases, win result Ia finding the kind
Of man suspected.
1.-THE first impression ] got that pick
nockets were in town was Friday night,
when four men left the Central train west
If town. ] was QUE there looking for Ella
Gordon. who killed another woman a short
dino before AS soon as we saw the men
remarked they were pickpockets, and
would have arrested them on the spot had
not been after larger fry. Knowing they
gere in town. I put The boys out 10 catch
diem. ana am not surprised that about
lu nave been landed"
Am through the day President Mckin-
Icy and his party were given attention b.