The sun., 1906-12-31
NEW WAY TO GET PICKPOCKETS.
n They Operate In street Cars They violate
an Omnibus section OF Code.

Five men were arraignedlas pickpockets
before Magistrate Cornell in the West Side
court yesterday and one OF them was held for
examination to-day on what the Magistrate
considered novel and effective complaint.
Detective Sergeant j. j. Fogarty. with
Detectives Dale and Boyle, made the arrests
last night in the neighborhood of Eighth
avenue and Forty-second street Fogarty
said that he knew all five of the men as
pickpockets but had no direct evidence
against any of them except John Bailey,
20 years old, of 234 East Fourteenth street.
Aterkhe had arrested the five, Fogarty
said, an inspector on the Eighth avenue
car liue identified Bailey as the man he had
seen on four different occasions the last
week pushing and showing and creating a
disturbance in crowded cars on the line
Fogarty therefore made out a complaint
against him charging him with a suspected
violation Of section 675 of the Penal Code,
an omnibus provision, making annoying
acts, offensive interferences and disturb
ances in public conveyances misdemeanors.
Magistrate Cornell called the attention
OF Magistrate Whitman and Senator Agnew
who were in the court room, to the case as a
very good method of getting after the pick
pockets. Its the hardest thing in the
world for the detectives to catch these
pickpockets 40 that We can hold them,"
he said. This plan of Detective Fogarty
is most excellent one and think ought
10 prove good in Furnishing this class of
thieves. We must get rid Of these fellows
who infest the public conveyances of the
city. They are always well off and always
have lawyers TO get them out Of trouble.
We New Workers recognize that 1t Ia unsafe
for any person TO wear jewery in the cars.
| have tried for two years TO have a law
passed by the Legislature based upon the
Massachusetts statute which would declare
these people vagrants. Then we could
get after them right. The method that
Sergt, Fogarty has suggested in this case.
though, ought to prove effective
Magistrate Cornell held Bailey in $500
for examination to-day.
Immediately following this case Cornelius
Hassett of Al West Thirty-third street was
held in 81 coo bail on a charge Of snatching
Si4 from Thomas Mccarthy, who was
counting the money in front Of his house
at 345 West Thirty fifth street. This case
il as good as l have SEEM" said Magistrate
Cornell. ~You must be sure TO appear
against this defendant. Mr.. Mccarthy,
when the case comes to trial
In the Essex Market Court Magistrate
Walsh had something to say in regard to
known pickpockets arrested ION suspicion
Central Office Detective Andrew j. McCar-
thy arrested Harry Cohen, known to the
police as a pickpocket, who was jostling
passengers on a Fourteenth street cross
town car in company with two other crooks
on Saturday night. The others escaped.
Cohen was brought before Magistrate
Walsh. Il am going to warn all Of you,"
said the Magistrate, that l shall send to
the workhouse all pickpockets with records
who are caught in pairs or threes. You
protest that you are bounded by the police
and that you can't step outdoors without
being arrested. It is not necessary, when
you are about legitimate business for two
or more of you to iostle passengers on
cars in rush hours. So IL you have an oc-
casion to travel go alone and you will
get into no trouble. The majority of this
sort of crimes are worked by more than
one man. / am going to stop it il 1t is
possible to do So"
Cohen was sent to the workhouse on a
cumulative sentence.