The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13

reaches Tor the pin ana captures ". Inc
offending garlic eater s~trsiEhtcns himself
up and Apologies. the wire drops on the car.
The gentleman doesn't miss his pin until
he reaches home. or. N he does. the stall
Il as innocent ~ a lamb, and there n no way
81 proving that he had anything 10 do with
the theft. Garlic IL a good friend TO the
pickpocket and IL used will escellen,
results. II II a brave nan who will not turn
his head to escape II, and that gives the
CRATER his golden opportunity.
A newspaper viii do good execution
on a crowded car. too. The pin may he
worked up and out 81 the crayat 10y the edge
81 a paper In the hands OF an innocent
looking fellow PASSENGER. or, once more
a man NAV mrch forward against a victim
NO one can be surprised nj tina, In n cable
car OF a trolley. or resent II. The unsteady
man has been absorbed in his paper As
b.. plunge~ against the man with the valuable
pin. his newspaper cpverS the entire shirt
from, and cravat and. under cover OF H.,
a def hand lifts the prop.
Occasionally the thing doesn't work.
A. a gun who was finally jailed remarked
In regard to one deal Of his that fell through.
" went out To work the rattl"rr, and spot
ted a guy but just as ! wul goin "a make
a touch for his prop. he screwesl his nut,
and there was q tumble, 30 ] had Ia tak. II
on a lam. To translate. he was ius, about
10 steal the scarf pin, when IN" man turn,si
his head and grasIsSl the situation and the
thief had 10 cut and nun.
Usually. a CRATER of one sort nights shy
of one - another sort TIL. big men go
from che place where a crowd l. gathered
90 another They all know ~" another
" n stone-grafter finds hiinHef IN acrowd
with n suI-'r -g"ttsr, b" clears out and hunts
mp another part Of the crowd. lie knows
be- II n suspicious character u probably
known Co ia" police Even II he doesn't
hlundcr himself. IN" suS'r -getter may. or
the victims - IA" suVer-ge'ter may rai-"
n hue and cry. aud su-picion may Tall upon
him He probably has stolen property
somewhere nbout him. and conspicuous
notnnc,v is the last thing Of which he Is
DESTROYS, a. he goe- of where he can take
his own chance and work alone.
A very handsome woman makes a good
stall II she - clever n well ~ good looking
The On" object 81 n stall h to distract the
mark attention. and With nine men out OF
ten, n handsome woman with "A flirting eve
will accomplish that result a. effectively
~ the cleverest stall scheme. Jnfortu-
natcly for the wires beautiful women thieves
are not plentiful and, a. a rule, the women
guns are not 81 a type 90 chain n fastid-
iou- man attention.
one old. old dodge still worked by stalls u
To- walk rapidly Just In front OF a marx
and suddenly drop something, stop abruptly
and stoup "a pick the object up. u course,
the man behind stumhles. There IL a
moment Of CONFUSION. and In that moment
jeWelrv or money cha hands
Though the ordinary gums usually havo
their S~gsCialtics and stick Ia them. the
NOR. famous professionals get anything
they 70 after and adjust their game tn the
opportunity. such a thief often takes
everything within sight. and the man who
CONES IN IutaC with him - likely. IN
thief %Iarlancc. 10 lu=c hi- front that IL, TO
lus. scarf pin, watch. charm and any money
be- NAV have In his waistcoat
4 p~ickIOckct SOONER OF later u cure 10
hose III sRili and have To confess himself a
hack number. coming down Ia mol buZzing
and Easy graf Ag" and often dissipation
tell uuuu nerves and self control. and when
the swift, SURE touch and N" steady, iron
nerve fail Othellu'- occupation IL gone
Rut u uuuge generation - con stantly
rising 90 fll the vacant placvs, though the
old guns. or old lhg-, A. old crooks are
called. insist that IN" present day doesn't
produce such artists A. the old tIms- turned
out
IN. detectives assert stoutly that thore
ar, uu schools IN New York whore boys
are iraincl To- p~ocko'picking a Ia Oliver
Twist. Plenty - small boys learn III" art,
hu'. So the polio. say. thes are merely
taught hv older bows and usually begin 10y
t-iiy ihieviug from fruit stands. SHOPS,
Ac Gradually they work into old
things and some Of them develop into pro-
f,ssioull guns.
Hardly a day goes by that boy thieves
are not brought into polio" stations, but
few af them nave any scientific training
Once ia a while a man will go into business
with bows who are already thieving and
make "A deal with them hy which he agrees
20 take all their goods and dispose Of them.
Such a case occurred only a year or two
ago. The man had a number Of lads IN his
employ. but they had all been p~ickpoCketS
l~f0r" be- took them on. and he was merely
receiver ~ the stolen goods Watches
and charms are about all a small boy can
steal from q man. fpr he isn't tall enough FOR
prop lifting. SC hui some ~ the youngsters
ar" very clever al ~moll-buzzing