The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-10
TEACHES BOYS To STEAL.
Az EtST SIDE FiGN AND ms ~ =
PI NAMED ny THE POLffE.
Pupil. Sna,caed Pocketbooks From women
whii. lie Looked On and Instructed
They Got "A Nickci for Every Dollars
Worth Ihcy stole mister and 10, tIcId.

4 citizen informed Capt. Diamond ~ IN"
Fifth stree, police station on Tuesday lha' ne
had been Watching n Inau and two boys steal
ing purse, from women in Avenue A and AVE.
nlo Il.
They meyer follow n woman unless "h' IL
pushing n bahv carriage or II 30 bird"n"d
that II j. easy to get her pure, said the man
Al IN" sight Of "A policeman In UNIFORM w"
mnn Innyrs the two boys and they 60 way
in oppo~it" directions"
There have been many complaints r""rntly
from women Of boy pickpockets in tn" precinct.
50 the Captain sent ont Policeman iiack"tt, IN
plnin clothes. 10 watch, Racket went I"
Avenue , and there -nw the man and two
BOYS "a the Captains informant had described
them He followed them about for two hours
and saw that they were clearly working to-
gcthcr. He say> that he also overheard IN"
man giving tho boy instructions how to rob
the women most eo ily. lie saw tn" man ana
two boy, scparar" at last and take up positions
near n woman. Then the man gavea ~lsial
and one Of the boy. Jo,tlri the woman So that
she nearly tell. Tin" other boy at ia" sam"
time -natchcd at her purse. but IN" woman
retained her prr~cnC" OF NINA ana h"lu on 'P
II The boys ran away and the man loI'o"eu
them.
Ilackctt waited IN the nHighhorhood ana soon
saw thr three following another woman inns
time. 'whcn the man gave the slgual one hi
the boys Succeeded in SiatChlng TIE purse ana
passed It to tn" man. HH'hrtt Wa closer 'p
Them This time and he grabbed both the man ana
the boy. The second boy escaped. but the 70
lIcrman, after "A sharp fight, oNerpow"r"d the
man and tn" boy who had ~>natcled tue llte"
and tool; them TO the filth street ruI.," sta
ton. There the man said he was Henry Roscn-
burg. % wears old, Of I35 Fast Broadway, Inc
boy sad he was George Leopold ol "a SUFFOLK
street. He j. about ~ years old. Both were
locked up for III" night. and yC,terdaN ko~rh-
on a charge OF highway robbery. Ire boy
was taken to court A. a witness
lrurold told Magistrate Pool IN court mat
Rosenberg had in his employ I've or slN BOYS
whom he had induced, by threats OF whipping
and PROMISES of reward. To steal for Inn. leo-
poId declared that Rosenberg latd the DpNs
1--WE cents for every dollar worth they stole.
lrIed Ia run ava once, SAID NE, lad,
but he caught me and gave me n good licking
detective saw me DO il yesterday.
Policeman iiGckctt told the Magistrate" that
Rosenberg formerly belonged 10 an EsscN ~treet
gang ot thieves. He had picked NJ ti" BOYS AZ
the public gymnasium at EA~t Broadway ana
BruOma street. lInCkett said Rosenberg re,
vularly went Ia the gymnasium ana Nai'hed
The hovs exercising there. Whenever ne saw n
boy who WAS quicker with hi. hands lNah ms
fellows. hr would make friends with nm In
mi. way ne had secured a number or boys Nlpln
he had tauEhttO steal. ~
Rosenberg. after entering a general denlai
to these statements would say nothing ana
MAGISTRATE Pool held him N $500 bail Tor lflah
The bow was committed 10 thecareo oil the Terry
society as "A witness.