The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-24
THIEVES HARVEST.
..e plCKrCcKETS FlOCkED TO THE
MAcE-COBuRN FIGHT.

a.. rrobahly the Greatest Gath.
Ing of Light Fingered Artists on
..cord-Son,e of the Amusing Incl-
..,,. of an Eventsul Day.
"The greatest gathering Of pickpock.
J. ,ba, ever saw. and l dare say. the
..,,est bunch that ever assembled.
:. a, the Mace-C -Cobnrn fight at Long
b';p, Canada. on May II. 1871" said
Elective who has been in the bust.
:. since 1855. 1.-THE big fight was
VA in the vicinity Of the old light.
(,ns on Long Point. and the only way
60, 10 the ground was by boat from
he or Buffalo or by walking a good
L,py miles through Canada. The boat
A,, les, Buffalo carried in the neigh
k,,bood OF 1000 persona The fact that
Mere were a large number Of thieves on
(hs vessel was noised about. and the
,ues, persons kept their hands on
III, yaluables all the time. Strange to
!, not a touch was made on the way
wi.
Two vessels. both loaded 70 their
NILES, capacity. left Erie, Pa. and each
these carried a number Of pickpock-
a There were about n dozen detect.
IS in the crowd. among them being
n,sc,ive Patrick Y. Cnsack Of Buffalo.
[r,ain Rogers and Detective Sullivan
Rochester and few detectives from
BIZ, Pa. and Toronto. Ont They
rew that there was no use in trying TO
"a, check on the work Of the crooks.
scause there were at Least 800 profes-
tonal pickpockets in the crowd Just
.,e. the spectators began taking their
sces about the ringside the sheriff got
b the ring and made speech like this
II wish 10 warn every one against
ckyockets There are hundreds OF
khem here.
The sheriff stepped ont Of the ring
.i several men grouped abont him
khe central figure Of the group was a
rook known MS Papes When the sher-
e 90. out Of the mix his diamond stud.
is ri OF bills and his watch were
essing He made known his loss to
~ Of the detectives. and the detective
plnnteered &c recover the property
H. detective was Captain Rogers. lie
e1sh, Papes. explained the situation
him. and Papes Immediately turned
ssr the sheriG's property. saying that
J. had taken it just for n joke
Il can't begin to tell you how many
ecke,s were picked this day. The fight
BAKED warm and every one was excit'
u % the crooks had fine field to work
b pocketbooks were actually flying IL
be air Men were accusing honest men
fLo sat beside them Of touching them
sQres Of diamond studs were unscrew
aan1 npped. The most humorous IN
fdent Of the day was the theft OF s2o'
b bills from thief who hailed iron
!, Louis and was unknown to the Ne"
lc.k delegation 4 New York mar
aned o Donohne had got the st. Louis
hlei roll. and he returned it when NJ
sarnel his mistake Some men were
sripped Of everything they had an'
Fe.e unable to buy meal or drink
snch cases tho crooks helped then
ons with a small loan. as they termed
The referee Of the match was re
eyed Of his diamond His bills were II
% inside pocket and We're not touche"
business Jagged with the th'eve
''er the fight was over. There wer'
ut few pockets left to pick. Severa
ben who had been robbed insisted tina
De honest men should band togethe
nd attack the thieves for the purpos
recovering the stolen property. IN
Electives opposed this on the gronn'
Nat the honest men and the pickpocke'
stre mingled 60 closely as not to be DIS
llynishable. and. moreover. the th'eVe
9n!a fight and would fight. . !,
"All the thieves returned to l'nHa'
'er the fight. and word OF their com
sg was sent to police headGuarter
eOm the first landing place. When IN
Vat tied up at the foot of Main stree!
hundred policemen and all the detec'
{ force were there to meet It. ADO"
% or $50 thieves were marched on
70 abreast and lined up on the wharf
EAey were told that they were 20 .
corted ont OF town. and they MADE =
Rotest With the policemen anu ae
ctives % herders and drivers, tn
looks were marched to the central ess
Won and corralled there under cioe
aard. When a train for New xol :
as made up, the thieves were escorts
ooard it and were watched sal1
sachcd the city line
"A few years later q big eans :
'ckpockets went to another ngns
."ng Point, but In sire and expeftne'
Old not approach the gang tina! wei
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