The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-07
Four Victims at the Postoflce
Yesterday Morning.
FINE SKILL AND sHREWpNESS.
nc. @. Herald, John Miller. 4. Coss
aaA Charles Mests0m Lose Their
MSaey-Gsng Of Expert "Dfps- I'm
the CBty-CharacfeF Of the Thefts
Indicates That the Thieves Are
Vet % he Ranked n Amateurs.

Expert p.ck-pockets reapee ar abundant
harvest q. the postofflee yesterday morn
ing between . and $50 O'clock In all
there were four victims. one OF whom
was zsaiousiy guarding his watch while
the thief was stripping him OF his ready
cash. Following is list OF the losers.
together with the amounts credited to
profit and loss:
c. @. Herald, OF the Herald Tailoring
Company-Forty-ave dollars IN gold. $ IN
silver, check for SO on Spokane bank.
signed By Claire Farnsworth: accepted
draft for $50 on the scandinavian-Amer-
ican bank given by Mr.. Lee. of the coun-
~ auditors office: check for sl2.5o on the
Peoples Savings bank. written by a Mr.
Biodgeit. and two good luck" pocket
pieces.
John Miller. travelling passenger agent
Of the Great Northern raiIroad-Four dol
lars IN silver and n 2-cent piece.
A. Co.'s. Of ss Minor avenue-Ten dol
lar gold piece. s. gold piece. 50 IN silver.
al of which was securely wrapped up
IN an Indian puzzle purse.
Charles Mestror1. Of 4ii Yesicr way
Purse containing 80 In silver and cents.
In each instance the work WAS done
~lihop- exciting the suspicion Of the vie
tim ard with the exception OF general
descriptions OF men who may have been
the guilty ones the police are without
clues 10 work on. The character Of the
four thefts at the postofiiee and that ct
the entrance of the Puget Sound Ma
tional bank Saturday morning when Con-
tractor Fernandes lost 500 prove beyond
u question OF n doubt that a gang of the
most skisui dips in the country have
finally reached Seattle. II Is supposed
that they are FIVE tn number and that
they recently worked In Denver Col
They made a big haul there. but the POI
Ice finally got wind OF them and they
decided to migrate TO cooler climate
where business Is rushing AZ Seattle -
the only place or the map az present. they
came here TO give the police touch OF
high life and Incidentally lower the bank
accounts CT some good citizens. Chief
Of Police Reed believes that r. r. Nisbet.
who II in Jail on the charge OF robhing
Mr.. Fernandes. IS one OF the gang. He
had twenty-four s. bills his person
when arrested. and this. taken In connee-
ton with the fact that Mr.. Fernandes
had forty s. bills stolen, makes a good
case of circumstantial evidence against
Nisbet. Some think that the work at the
posfofflce was done To throw suspicion
away from Nsbet while others claim
that II Is due 10 the opportunity offered
by the pranks Of Some irresponsible boys
who thought II sport 20 suggest foot
ball rush among the crowd that was as
eamhiei In pf the carriers WIN
dow. Whichever theory t. correct does
not do away with the fact that siaa.A. "A
little copper and two good luck pieces
fell into the hands Of the thieves in 4
few moments work
The postoffica is always crowded Sunday
morning during the brief period that mail
IL distributed. There IS the general de-
livery window and the carriers window.
AS Detective Michael Powers explained f..
the push" was In front of the carriers
window while over at the general delivery
everybody was IN line and on good be-
havior. II is really sight worth seeing
that on Sunday morning al the postofficc>
Five minutes observation VIII convince the
most skepticsl that Seattle is possessed of
IS cosmopolitan crowd as can be found IN
any city IN the United States barring
New York and Chicago. Every description
or man. woman and beings that pass as
men and women can be found AZ Tncls
Sans apology for postofiee. Each UNI
N the crowd assembled Is anxious 20 gft
piece OF paper with some kind 81 u rress-
age and hurry away. I; Is a study the
different expressions that fit over the faces
OF those who stop to read what some
friend. lover or perhaps fond parent has
written. Every condition that plrkpecket
could desire ~ found at the posfofiicc sun
day morning and Yesterday the opportunity
was not overlooked
First appeared {. q Herald father os I'd
ale Herald Mr.. Herald VAS Ia hurry
and had forgotten all about the purse he
put IN his hip packet the night before Tn
der ordinary circumstances ~ would nos
nave been - rich plum for a thief huf
AFTER the bank closed saturday severed bills
were paid and on closing un Nj Herald
had put thc money ana checks amounting
10 ~. IN an ordinary nurse. Then ne
slpned The pure IN his hin neaknf and f,r.