El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-17
|PICkPOCKETS
AND ROBBERS

AND ROBBERS
HOLD HIGH CARNIVAL IN THE
CITY. AND THE VICTIMS ARE
MANY AND SORE.
The officers Are Doing Good Work
But Ample Warning Is Given to the
Public to Take Good Care of Valu-
ables-Some Very Bold Work.
Last night sneak thieves and pick
pockets outdid themselves. They rob-
bed right and left Three guests of
the st. Charles hotel, asleep in the
hall, were robbed while they slept and
two strangers in the crowd at the S.
p. depot were relieved of their rolls by
two of the light fingered gentry.
There may have been other robberies,
but hey have not yet been reported.
There is a comic side to the S. p.
depot incident The two strangers
complained to Officers Rayncr and
Hudson that they had been robbed of
$14O and $3.50 apiece. The officers
quickly rounded up the thives and
were in the act of throwing down their
guns on them to make the arrest,
when. according to Rayner's story,
special policemen sworn in especially
for the Carnival, mistook the officers,
who were wearing citizens clothing,
for lawbreakers and jumped between
them and their prey to prevent what
they believed was wanton bloodshed.
While the officers were trying to make
themselves known to the specials
the pickpockets fed.
Several guests from the belated S. p.
train last night found cots in the st.
Charles on which to rest their tired
bodies and snatch a few hours sleep.
They were in the second story hall
way. While they slept thieves enter.
ed. They took about 800 from under
the pillow of Bruce Morgan, of Mid
land, and also removed two overcoats,
a pair of shoes. silk handkerchief,
hat, and a coat. One of the thieves
had the audacity to pull off his own
those of one of the slumbering men.
The visitors did not discover their loss
until this morning, when a great howl
went up. One of the sleeping men was
the sheriff of a county further east.
While a. Herald reporter was at the
the robbery, a visitor told him that
while coming from Fort Worth a Pull
man passenger seated across the aisle
from him was relieved of a costly dia-
mond shirt stud.
Officer Rayner says there are plenty
of crooks in Ell Paso, but they have
got to keep away from the s. p depot
"A hint to the WISE he says. lis suf-
ficient"
Games Closed Again.
Owing to the rankness of the games
Of chance now being run in the mid
way. where privileges of all kinds are
sold. the district attorney took it up
On himself yesterday evening to close
them up. This he did at about 4: 80
o'clock by the help of constable Tom
Bendy.
The men running the games, who are
the same that operated in Juarez last
Sunday and ran afoul of the police,
neekly folded up their paraphernalia
Ind waited. In a short time an order
;ame to them instructing that they
we're at liberty to resume their work
md they proceeded to do SO. Just |
What influence had been used is not |
Inown.
The games belong to the class that |
ave been tobooed all over the United |
hose that were formerly operated in
with circuses of the lowest
lass. Under the manipulations of the
ealer and by their construction it is
for an outsider to win IN
ess the dealer so wills it. He dazzles
he unsuspecting visitor and exciIes
is cupidity, by permitting boosters
nd cappers who belong to the game
, win large sums of money. This
eeps up the interest of the outsider
nd causes him to risk his money free
:. He sees others win and cannot I'M
erstand why he cannot do the same
ling.
The Herald has already explained
lie workings of the. iniquitous pin .
anne as operated in Juarez last Sun -,
ny. 1t is even worse than the shell
lme though not so common. The