The Portland daily press., 1899-06-21


gave his name as Bryant. Officer Quinn
followed another one Of the enng and
tried 10 keep Lis eyes on al Of the others.
Nr. Steele saw tbs man who calls him
self BryantD try 20 reach the pockets of
two women who were boarding a train.
but he was evidently unsuccessful.
Mr.. Steeis saw him try third wosnan's
pocket, just as she was getting into the
train. hut this woman discovered the
man was crowdinG her and turned
around and spoke to him The fellow
apollo gized and fell back into the crowd
again.
ENTERS THE PABLoR CAR.
| Mr. Steele then saw the leader OF the
gang or the man who appeared to be the
LEADER, enter the palror car OF the east
bound train. MIR. Steele followed shim
and saw. him try TO put his hand into o
woman's pocket, but If be succeeded in
getting anything IL was impossible to
discover the woman did not make any
complaint. aD -AN
In the meantine Porter Snowden who \
runs on train "a OF the Boston and Maine
which was bound to Boston. saw the man
who calls himself Bryant put, his hand
into mans hip pocket. United States
Deputy Marshal Hasty is also said to
have seen this man trying to pick some
ones pocket. Porter Snowden reported
the matter to Officer Quiun at once and
the officer went into the train and arrest
ed the man whom Porter Snowdsn point
ed out to him. At first this man. Bry-
ant, refused to leave the smoking car In
which he sat. officer Quinn told him he
had better come along without making
any trouble. but the fellow refused to
leave his seat. Officer Qninn then pulled
the man out of the seat and took him to
the baggage room under arrest.
ANOTHER ONE ARRESTED.
Mr.. Steele then went into the car with.
Officer Quinn and pointed out another
one Of the gang who had jostled up
against the man whose pocket the pair are
said to have tried to pick while his COM
panion. Bryant, did the work. This man
was citing with newspaper up before
his face. but Porter Snowden recognized
him rs the other man who had tried to
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out Of the car and joined his companion
in the baggage room. The two men
when brought face to face appeared not
to recognize one another, but they were
\ taken to the police station and locked up
| Their three companions were seen by
| Mr.. Steele and others to jump from train
"a ON which the two men were arrested
onto trainl64, which pulled out ahead of
the othes train. They could not have
gone very. far west on this train for as
will be told later they returned on the
eight o'clock train from the west.
TBE THIRD ONE CAPTURED.
| On this train from the west woman
| complained 10 the conductor that she had
| been robbed Of $50 on the train. The
conductor notibed a man whom he had
seen travelling back and forth a good
deal. and who had sat on the arm of this
woman's seat on the way into Portland.
When the woman told him of her loss the
conductor at once suspected this man.
The pickpocket had not been heard
from for the last time, however. When
the passengers were crowding out of the
train on it's arrival in Portland one of
the women passengers cried out th at
some one had robbed her Of three dollars.
A young man, who was passenger n
this train, saw the pickpocket when he
lput his hand in the woman's pocket aud
gave chase to the fellow. The pickposket
ran across-the platform. lodged under "a
train of cars, climbed over q high board
fence and disappeared. Officer Keating
was hot in pursuit Of the mar, hat lost
him when he climbed the fence. Officer
u Heating and Officer Henderson hunted
around through the entire section, but
could not find their man. A small boy
saw a man ccIne out of yard on st.
John street and run towards street car.
The boy told Officer Henderson and he
: went to the car and arrested the man,
who when taken to the station and seen
by Mr. Steele was a5 once identified as
, the loaded of the gang of crooks. the man
W it'll the slight limp in his gait, whom
he had been watching the morning
} and at noon.
il This man ga We his name as Walter
Dawson and said he lived in Manches-
ter. The two men who were of the same
gang and who We're arrested In the morn
1
Edward Davis of Albany and Lew is
Braynt of Manchester. Dawson was
thoroughly searched ana then locked up
in the cell room. Mr.. Stsele and anoth-
or bright newspaper man were also
looked up In the Gel | room at the same
time.
: Hog Latin,i language which almost
every scohol boy knows and when Mr..
\ Steele and his brother newsp aper man
learned 10 man years ago they had no
idea that they would ever find 1t very
useful 1t turnedlout last night to bs
| very useful, however Dawson was seen
, by his two companions when he was
taken to his cell but neither OF them pro-
fessed TO know him and In fact said they
did not know him nor each other,
though Mr.. Steele and Officer Quinn
had seen these three men with the two
who are not yet captured, talking togeth-
: er at Union station.
Il TALKED TN HOG LATIN.
Dawson was locked in osll and the
, turnkey and deputy left the room, All
| iaf fnx. Tina xuh tha