The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18
CROOKS Ft>ity NtRYD.
Rol'ber> Who flee nj n i.ooh TIA, THE, =.
and Ih~ir N~ar~u'r~-.

IN al grades Of crook. there are cor
ain prC~u.liariti.- which are very marked. .
~lid A. Old police defective How de- do
'%r,'j,o- 90 into a crow I ~ r-'opl- and arrest
'N,utv or thirty professional piokpockcts
an ne. Cpur-" of a few hours
.Th"rr l. \ popular id"a that they arc
familiar With their fac.z They az" ~ "a
certain "N,-tt. hut it, IN. way the pick
POCKET acts ~ a crowd. rather than hi
face. which tells the trained dotectiv" his
character.
'~plrkpuCh"ts are very easily .oar"i ~
II a man VITO has Is'u marked hv crooks
gv- no" east sign that he su-f'cts what
j. going On thew will irop him liz" a hot
cake hly" -.'n them mark Out a man
and follow him until the mar happened 20
tuE around and look one 81 them ~sluarply
m ~. facr Then ! have -or them drop
that man Instantly although | va> morally
certain that hn hadn't the faintc, suspicion
that ANYTHING was wrong
The PICK pocket - afraid ~ his own
shadow II he IL On a street car ami any one
got uU that car " hn b" Think know him
Ir viii lrav. th. rar ~ once. -vcu n he
had 10 intention ~ doing anything wrong
he b. ati art e fss %" Is ur.irg too familiar
With ht~ fac-. Then again 10 rgur.- hat
n ANYTHING hApT"us On that az. h" will 10
hoid ~r'~punsihl" for d Nl"'h"I y" - iuup
cent or guilty
Tn. sam. recuioritir> mark tho high
wav,rau. commonly called ~" ~'rui g-arm
man Here IN New Work ~" -trung ARA
man usually follus~ ll, Nt,'IU4 hoin" and
attack- him IN a dark -ir-'i Most - hi~
victims arr drunken men. l"oaI~" hc can
the more easily sneak up iFliud t''in aud
Law thr''l ugt with q club, without bong seem
-As'rug arm 'uHu sal rTu Is" avhipIs.i
dog # hl- victim happens ~ turn around
and Cot a lpok n him H. too c"warily
O. kili = man. aud b" wont attack n man
Who ha~ had a luuk a. him. ~ b" kuuw-that
mat Ian may identify hf' later ~
Tn, IA t"'ri b. The easiest man of ihe'n
all ru avoid Jus' nlk" a rul" never 20
lrsNr "A fH' aloI" The Hat thief u' y'r
got. m a aa'. uulc-s he i. quite sure that
II II empty. although there haN" ls-'n ~
| Ccptipus 10 tins RAJ"
iUr will ma o. lvrr f"r days imes
before h. MAKE an sl'rmp' A. n place, and
A uct~ou Who j. ~ all observing uilght
! to know that something i wrong Look
ont fur your placr u vou hRv" had mon
cuining io tn door inpuiring i"r fs'"pl"
| tia, YOU never heard 81
To, many Is~l,cr- i, another -igu e
| danger. hut the s,ire>i sign that vout rl7""
IL planted j. when Vuur 'uur'sli ung-
4 uuml-r of 'ifr.- ~ u w'-k, and wh"il
You press th" button 10 uIrn IA" do~'r u"
| on. r..-
Thai means that the thief l. trying 10
| find out whether Won nv" NJ homo .
the door oIrus h" knows that you are
ami lac ,akes HE departure " you don
| answer hi, ring he will ring again and
| usually a third and fourth time
Then he will com" u~I~iair- and ring
IA. Tell 81 the apartment n nunirr Of
| times Getting no r-sIon-e he VIII open
| the door o. Il won't take him long To- get
everything worth having out.
The sooner people CT away from the
notion that lock- aud chains ~ill keep III"
thief out, Of the fat tho t-''"r for them
| Fifteen or twenty minutes n ia" outside
Is all that al efppr wsfts To get In any
p.ac- II doesn't matter how he dnes u,
h j. enough that he doe. The burglar
alarm viii keep him out. bu' tho lock never :