The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-20
HOMEWARD FLIGHT OF CROOKS
ygON ENGLISH nor 81 PARTIES
i\D StNDB tGGING N POL tND.
mad Nanh~ VINO Have Been Posing rs VIA Jor.
General, senators AMI south African
and australian MiIIIonairrs Expected
Tagrri,) In Little OH New York.

can't Titus. chief lho New York Detective
RyrnaiI. expects To he extremely busy the
mex month or Two compiling a new drec-
,orv of American crooks. II will be moro of
social Register" Of rascas than a general
,Iirrc'olv. for II will contain the names
IF only The ~wolls Of crookdom There will
,rpcar after most Of the names this re-
mark in brackets. Arrived. Oct. -. steam
.'up
mo news from abroad that there has been
, wholesale expulsion of American crooks
from Paris and the London despatch in
IHr SIS Of Yesterday. 10 he cTec hat the
chief I.-p,c'or of Scotland Yard was about
rn offer % comprehensive suggest ion To the
Nmo,irau .y,lr- from Paris that they get
,lt Of run British capital on the double
.uiok. hH,. lrd Capt. Titus To conclude that
.r. .,o-.r ari-huuud steamers of the next
... wr.,~ viii brlug large numbers of
tmo'.crr cII--"- home 10 roosi The exiles
,nu-, g., -on"v Ter" ana 'ritu, takes it for
granted hat. zinc" they have been run ont
y or. OF tho European cnpi ais and will
ro luv.'"l 10 leave her as fast a. hev
may ar',vc. they will conclude To come
ionn 'o pass the winter at least
f. To- 4 long ti'ap Two or three years.
p ..a-' since the American ari-tocrats
= ra-,aIiv luy" been on his side Of the
Atlantic DO iuy larc" number for any great
,.rc'n of tune There a" two reasons
Pr, account for rhi, One reason is that
...v are. most &C. Them. we'll known 10
'.. polio" of 'h" principal American eli ics
tui mo- sooner appear III ore municipality
.0au the. aI,. chased oU or are made go
uncomfortable ny frequent arrests A.
Suspicious characters that incy leave of
.H"ir own wills The Of her reason for their
,oug r"-id"ur" abroad, and ne most potent
ONE. j. tina. their met lod- of opera; ing
ave p"cpuc pretty well known To the
loar hmnrloau public. from the Battery
10 IN" Golden Gate, and ia" opportunities
for grating have b"Com" fewer in pro-
position.
IN tine capitals Of Europe. however. the
-'ua'luu j. quit" different, particularly
800 London and Paris. whete the worlds
v"tirhv travellers are wont 10 cougregat".
The Naukno crooks have learned that
AMERICANS vino would be tough prnpo-
~uion- 20 ~wndle AZ home can he reached"
abroad. especially If the reaching" be-
done hv an aged uohemap or a supposed
: uth African AW~traian or Indian mil
uunairr Bur besides he PROV from their
oru land IN" American Knights of Conf
d"ncc are always ready TO pluck the gullible
tug.hman and The credulous and more
~ less avariciou- Franchmau, 10 whom
the plausible met hud- of Yankee sNindlers
are more or less unfamiliar
An American who mas been in post ion
To- know OF IN. fortunes of these swindlcr-
nm" past wear or two talked interest ingiy
If them Ia a Sun reporter Yesterday after
moon.
II looks a. if the game was mp on the
other side " he said, -and. since : n. winter
j. coming on and there'll bo no sandba ggng
in Poland, ] guess the BOYS might a. we'll
come home. or course, with Paris cut
~, III" value of the graft was materially
decreased, but 80 long "a London was lett
the gang would not lack for the price of
coal From the news in ! HE Sun this morn
lng. however. il looks a. if the shoo-fiie-
from scotland Yard were going 10 spoil
Oh" London business. With the barriers
up Al both London and Paris. the rest, of
Europe. ~ tins time of wear, il hardly
worth working. | guess most of the outfit
viii h" home for the winter. Indeed, some
II en- have sailed already But nobody
would over know any of EN- from the ma mes
un m" passenger lists"
What do Won mean bv ~aIdtiaggIug
M Poland:' asked the reporter
And have Won never heard of that game
Why, that : ON" of the best graft on the
Their side, but it, only worth butheriug
VIII w me spring ana ear " summer, ana
- only taken up then 10 sort OF piece ont
with and MAX" possible good average
'o the wears business. In the spring and
early summer Russian and Polish mer-
Giants 60 on pcddhug tours through Poland
They take along CarEo"S ofrich fabrics and
loN"lry and, after they're been IN the
'uuntrva lew weeks, they'r" usually fairly
we'll pu~od MP. Tho Poles like to barter
and he merchants don't have much dill
"nllvin trading heir goods for cash.
Well, Tia" boys keep pretty close track
Of In" departure OF traders from 81 Peters
uurg and Warsaw, and b-tw"on seasons
"u Tn" continent and in London some
~ ~" gang usually tax" "A trip up into
Poland taking with them enough nice,
soft bag 1u help them transact their
business They gcI line on the routes
Wncu ia" traders hav" taken, and. from
.llnr 'u time, happen To- o,or'ako them.
u IN" 'rgd"i~ a." philosophical. there's
not very much troub" and the goods are
easily lifted. If th"y show fight. then
Tire hag- come in handy. Their" are seldom
any fatalities The trader j. frs, pu,
10 sleep, uk" the loser IN prlIofght, and
when h" wake mp h" find- few things
missing. II takes lltl" praCl iC" To VS.
'tE H-l rIgi', with lust enough steam
'' Undue" Sleep lt'- u nice little art, but
once rog know how it, a. easy a. pinch
ug a ticker.
hen proposition to 60 ,andhagging
W Poland j. much a. If ~omchody here
suggested going down To CoHry Island to
.' NIudl~, suggested tn" reporter
On. my, no. exclaimed the man, with
d 'rooa'ing gesture. Nothing 50 brutal
~ 'ha'. Only a hunglcr ever has - corpse
"n his hands. I'm trying 20 tell Won that
lag FUSED oH'ya> a sort of an au,' hottie,
'" pH' h" patient to sleep While the opera
'uu o. performed"
ANDtt how much does a good sand
Tagging -"a~uu net; asked th" r"uri'cr.
OF course, that depends somewhat on
circumstances, but q fairly good season
"HSh' 20 met al least s3O.NO in money and
goods
Who invented ~andbagging in Poland?
\"'m"S doing on that was the answer
'ia' would E'i you mixed M with names
ana that ruuld II" bad mly-up, The
man who first thought of il. however, was
N" dandy of 'cm 4 , and he's dead, poor fell
Joss. II" Va- Adam With You may have
card 81 tim. II" was the fellow who stol"
mar picture Of the Duchess of Dcvonshlrc.
NhpW two years b.fOrn hr died h" was in
Petersburg and happened 10 So" a caval-
',i' ~ merchants -'ari ont. "" found out
Nh"'" they wnr" going aud what they wrr"
gong 10 III" When h" came back 10 London
No Suggested the possibilities ul an "N-