Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1899-06-28
IIEyES HARVEST.
WEDNES -
FLockEO TO The
s--aocl1 cOsU7A FIGHT.

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~-s-s OF LiEbs FSBE~r-.s Artist. On
Record-sors~ OF ne Azss-fne Incl
dents of ar ErestfuI Day
The grsatsst gathering II pickpock-
ets that i ever saw and I dare az. the
grestszF bsfch that ever assembled.
was at the Nace-Cohurn 6ght at Long
Point. Canada on Nay II. 1871. said
detective who has fseD IN the Ousi-
Dess since 1853 The Dig fSht was
held In the vicinity ~ the old light
house on Long Point and the only vay
70 get TO the ground was By boat from
Erie or Buffalo OF bv Walking 4 good
many miles fbrough Canada The boat
that left Buffalo carried ID the neigh
borbood Of ]. 900 persons The fact that
there were large number q thieves on
the vessel was noised about and the
gaDest persons KEEP; their hands CD
their vaiuables all the time Strange 20
say. not touch was made Oh the way
over
1.-TWO vessels- both loaded TO their
fullest capacity. left Erie. Pa. and each
Of these carried q number CT pickpock-
eta There were about a dozen detect
ives IN the crowd, among them being
----if.-ssS Patrick '. C1ssck q Buffalo.
II ia rangers and Detective Sullivan
: and a few detectives from
on foot to prud Toronto. Ont They
of Mr.. Bryan = was DO use in trying 20
cago platform Inc ~oI 20 q 5 s0e e Srs
may as we'll be : 10 the crowd. Just
other "16 to l" AZ began taking their
- -
know that he is addinr - H. H. 80. so'
his popularity by thagvery one against
which be is puttirs are hundreds Of
the public, but tn. .h.-
demand amOpGsn grouped about him
The central figure OF the group was a
crook known "a Papes When the shgr-
IL got out q the mix his diamond stud.
his roH OF bills and his watch were
missing he made known his loss 70
one Of the detectives. and the detective
volunteered &C recover the property
The detective was Captain RogerE he
sought Papes. explained the situation
70 him, and Pspes Immediately turned
over the sherif's property saying that
he had taken IL Just for q joke
II can't begin % tell you how many
pockets were picked this day. The fight
wnxed warm and every one was e1cit-
I'd. 70 kbe crooks had fine field % work
Ia PockethoOk1s were actually flying IN
the cir Men were accusing honest men
who sat beside them Of touching them
Scores Of diamond studs were unscrew-
ed and nipped- The most humorous IL
cident Of the day was the theft q 800
80 bills from thief who hailed from
St Louis and was unknown 70 the New
York delegation A New York man
named O'Donohue had got the St Louis
fhief's roll. and be returned Il when he
learned his mistake Some men were
stripped Of everything they had and
were unable 70 hay a meal OF a drink
In such casea the crooks helped them
along with a small loan. as they termed
it. The referee Of the match was re-
iieved Of his diamond His bills were in
an inside pocket and were not touched
Business Jagged with the thieves
after the fight was over. There were
but few pockets left TO pick Several
men who had been robbed insisted that
the honest men should band together
and attack the thieves for the purpose
Of recovering the stolen property The
detectives opposed this on the ground
that the honest zen and the pickpockets
were mingled 20 closely ar not 10 be dis
tinguishable, and, moreover, the thieves
could fight and would fight.
''Al the thieves returned 70 Buffalo
after the fight. and word Of their COM
Ing was sent 70 police headquarters
from the FIRST landing place. When the
boat tied up at the foot Of Main street,
a hundred policemen and all the detect
i've force were there TO meet IT. About
800 or 800 thieves were marched ont
two abreast and lined up on the wharf
they were told that they were 10 be
escorted out Of town, and they made no
protest With the policemen and de-
tectives as herders and drivers, the
crooks were marched TO the central sta
ton and corralled there under close
guard When a train for New York
was made up, the thieves were escorted
aboard il and were watched till IL
reached the city line.
"a few years later a big gang Of
pickpockets went TO another fight at
Long Point, but in size and expertness
1t did not approach the gang that went
TO the Mace-Coburn fight At the Han
4an-Courtney rowing match at Chau-
tauqua lake was another big gathering
of pickpockets- They had things their
own way and reaped big harvest. For
instance, detectives pocket was pick
ed, but the thief who did the job was
induced 20 return the property. Five
minutes later the detectives pocket was
pisftd a second time, and he was so
chagrined that he did not endeayor TO
recover the plumber. But. as 1 said. the
greatest gathering was at the Mace
Coburn fight 1t was the last great rally
of the topnotch crooks. and if you ask
any old time crook he will tell you how
he longs for another such expedition.
1t will never be. There are too many
detectives now. "-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Appendicitis.
Aunendicftia IL NOT the sr7relv fatal