The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13
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officer, declaring he had just picked it up
from the ground. The scheme failed to
work, however, for the woman told the
ohcer. PRED was arrested, tried, con-
Vlcted and sentenced to imprisonment
After, his release he went to England
and worked the races there. His exploit
in robbing the prince of Wales was per-
formed at EPSON. while his royal high
ness was watching a race. Fred was
not punished for that; indeed his high
born victim is said to have been to much
mortlHed TO make a complaint. and no one
would nave known about it had not
FRED himself boosted Of it. It was at
the EPSON race course also that he made
an attempt to pick the pocket of the late
Baron Hirsch. Hirsch had seen the
Prince in Paris and recognized him.
freo' was cut up good deal when the
the latter would make complaint In
stead, the great banker drew the great
thlef to one side and whispered in his
ear:
You wouldn't have done we'll. nv dear
Fred even if I had not seen you. NV
pocket IS about empty, for I lacked tho
1aForlte. l was sure the.horse would win.
whereas it has lost. Come around more
cafe1ully some other day, and, since am
such bad judge of horsefesh, come be-
tore the beginning of the running"
Prince Fred lifted his hat and made
O. s e'Selui DoW, with the cool SuaVity of
man who has just been thanked for
doing another a favor
Nobody has heard that Russell Saw,.s
pocket ever was picked, and it probably
never was. for he doesn't look like = man
VINO would carry enough money in his
clot'sS 10 make 1t worth while. Mrs
Sage was robbed in the street once = w.,
ever, though her pocket wasn't picked
Like many women she habitually carries
her pOcketbOOk in her hand when amt
walking, and the thief who robbed her
only had to grasp the book to get it. She
was tucker than either Mr.. Harrison or
Mr.. Depew. She cried out at once. t,,,rn
was a long chase, the man was caught
and the pocketbooll was recovered. What
was better from Mrs Sages Viewpoint
ne was tried and sent to prison. Another
man was put behind the bars for steYlinp
from the Sage's. He entered the Sayr
house while dinner was being served ana
stole lot of clothing, including one OF
Mr.. Sage's celebrated suits, strange to
say.
Inc most crestfallen man who ever fell
a victim to the picl1pocket's art in New
York was q fellow who in his dav was
famous throughout the United States as
an unexcelled expert in that line himself
This chap was CHIEF of a "mob' that
worked the crowds at the Philadel,hia
exposition in the centennial year. At that
time, according to his own story thew
stole enough watches. jewelry and peck
etbooks to make up LOO in cash in H.ue
lots, to say nothing of two or three Dhe-
nomenally big hauls.> He was in Kew
York subsequently, and here was knvwn
SO we'll to the police that they forbade
him to visit the Wall street district or to
be seen in any street with a handbag or
parcel. One day he drank a little too
much, and in the crowd at the New York
+ end OF oolliyn bridge ms sDocktts
were gone through thoroughly. a $1OO
watch, which he himself had lifted, be-
sides big roll of bills, being taken. He
never got over his chagrin about that.
and soon after went out Of business alto
gether becoming an inmate Of the Home
of Industry in brooklyn. presided over BY
Darwin ]. Meserole, who is deyo1ine, his
life to the reformation of eX-convicts.