The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-08
FEMALE PlCkPOCkETs.
They Arc Menncr nnd Ear More Re-
mOrseleBn Thnn the Men

mOrseleBH Thnn the Men.
"a woman pickpocket is n meaner
thief shan IL man i'll the same line"
said Detective McQuaide IA man is
usually looking for u pocket that is
worth while picking and one that will
not miss what is taken. but with a
woman it is different. She plies her
calling among women who can i'll afford
to lose dollar. The female pickpocket
hangs around tho market houses. large
stores and places of that sort She il
constituencies. She will steal tho purse
of II poor woman who is buying food
for her family, perhaps take from her
weeks income and leave the family in
want for that period
I!o professional female pickpocket
will do more. She may find in the purse
she steals few trinkets of trifling
value. pin or n locket containing
lock of hair. Il child's ring. worn may
De by little ono that is dead, worth
less to her. but priceless to the owner.
She will Immediately take tho money
and throw tho purse and trinkets down
the nearest sewer opening. where they
are lost forever Money cannot be- iden-
titled; the purse and trinkets could be-
II recall with satisfaction an incl
dent I'll which At female pickpockct fig
ured She stole the purse of poor old
woman and l arrested her shortly after
the act Sho had disposed of the purse
before got her. There Ind been about
" Ill cash i'll 1T and IL small piece Of
Jewelry that belonged to dead child
OF the woman. The poor woman would
have willingly given tho thief tho mon
cy i'll the purse and more for the return
of the keepsake. but it was lost to her
beyond recovery
II worked up II fair case against tho
pickpockct got her in court, did nv
best to convict her. Int because tho
purse was not found in her possession
She was acquitted sympathy for wo-
man had much to do with tho verdict.
but there was no sympathy for tho wo-
man who had been robbed 1t was with
great regret that saw tho pickpocket
walk out Of the courtroom free
In the corridor she met one OF the
jurors Ho smiled. and she walked up
to him and thanked hin. for the YER
dict. He assured her that that was un-
necessary. for he never for moment
doubted her innocence. That evening
he reported to tho front Office the loss
Of his gold watch. The woman had
picked his pocket while thanking him
for acquitting her. She got away from
us.
IA female pickpocket I had recently
was boarding in u house on Ninth
street. She would say grace before ev-
cry meal. and she went to church at
every opportunity. Her arrest was an
nounced as an outrage by tho family
with whom she boarded They believed
her to be a religious woman. Her homo
is III Ireland Her husband runs small
store there. She makes regular trips to
tho United States for the purpose of
picking pockets. shoplifting and open
ing satchek She had with her when
we arrested her blank drafts ON an Eng
lish bank. She sent her stenlings reg
ularly to her husband in Ireland. She
operates almost entirely among poor
women. Jurors have NO much nlisplac-
ed sympathy when n woman il the
prisoner that it is difficult to convict
her. yet professional female thief is
the ncanest Of all thieves - Pittsburg
News.
The Pcnnnnt Wns Taught.
A peasant presented IL parcel for dis
patch tu AL official in the central post
office Of Triest and was roughly told
that it could not DO received IA it was
improperly done up The peasant in
quired how it ought to be done mp. and
tho official sharply replied that it was
not his business to tell him Here a
gentleman interviewed on the peasant 3
behalf. but was told by the official that
If he had any fault to find he had bet
ter complain to the superintendent
The gentleman did 80. but was told
that postal officials could rot be expect
ed to teach tho pubic and that if he
was not satisfied he Lad better COM
plain to the director.
The gentleman there .pon pulled out
q card and said: II have no time to 20
to the director. I request you to go to
him yourself and tell him that order
him to come here instantly and himself
instruct this man how he must mako
up his parcel.
The superintendent looked at the
card and trembled when he read the
name Archduke Louis Salvador. The
director lost no time in coming. He
stormed ut the superintendent. who in
turn stormed at the official, and all
three nearly fell over one another in
their zeal to show the peasant how to
do mp his parcel A moro carefully
made up package probably never passed
thrnngh the Anstrian postoffice