New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-05
HARD RAPS FOR " DIPS"
BLOWS INSTEAD OF JAIL.
Ne7o DetectiUe Chief Illustrates His
Method for PickpocketS.

Pickpockets found at work must be prepared
Tor rough treatment at the hands of the police in
future way of handling them so old that
1t is practically new has been put into opera
ton by Captain McCaferty Police Commits
sioner Binghams new head OF the Detective Bu-
reau 1t is the old remedy of fist and boot
and the captain himself tried it yesterday
afternoon on three we'll known dips" whose
pictures are in the Rogues' Gallery. Hereafter
the Heutenants urder his command are to use
the same medicine for their patients"
1t was about $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon
when persons Fourth avenue between 2Sth
ana 18th streets saw stout, ruddy faced man
siite young man over the head with an UNI
Dfela' while the "smitee' and two others dashed
wildly southwark. The hat of one of the fugi-
ttves fell off, and the stout man calmly jumped
on 1t and then picked it up and kicked hole
through it,
Inc stout man then walked slowly uptown
lie was Captain McCafferty and the man
whose hat he had destroyed was Sam" Davis.
whose picture is in the Mulberry Street collec-
ton The chap he had hit with his umbrella
was JIM McTafe. and the third member of the
party was Danny" Kelleher sometimes known
as 81. Louis kelleher," whose ''hang-out" is in
the saloon Of Jack" McKenna, an old Fourth
"ard crook of New York, who now holds forth
on Vine street ST Louis
I'm glad got EN-" the captain said TO
tribune reporter who had seen the affair ''I
was going by the saloon on the northeast corner
OF zoth street and Fourth avenue when 1 saw
heHeher poke his face out Of the door I knew
ne was waiting to jump aboard an uptown car
one that was crowded. for that is the best sort
Tor dips who want to 'fris1 citizens on pay
night He hadn't seen me, so l got in a door
way and waited. When I saw him and tvvo
others run out to get a car I knew l was right
The other two were known TO me- and Jumped
at them. They knew me and ran. I punched
that hat as lesson to them. They'll he more
careful now.
It's better" he captain added for these
crooks to get a good beating than to be locked
up and let off with a reprlmand the next morn
ing. They're afraid Of physical pain. 1t gets
EN- going away from here and that's what we
want. I've told my men that when they see
we'll known crooks waiting for a car 10 grab
them and kick them around until they're glad
to run OF course they could bring some sort
Of legal action against US for assault but they
don't dare to We've got EN- right Since we
started this game there's been a decrease in
pickpochet cases. There were only nine this
week as against nineteen last week and thirty
TWO the week before that"
Captain A1cCafferty said that at l.: 80 o'clock
yesterday afternoon he saw several crooks
waiting for at 10Th street and Third
avenue. They recognized him and ran away
He telephoned TO headquarters and put three OF
his lIeutenants to cover the Second and Third
avenue surface lines. They captured the men
he had seen, who proved to be Little Jimmy
Rice and sam" and Harry Cohen all men with
records.
Personal work" said the captain. and
little elbow grease in rapping them is the best
way TO discourage pickpookets. They're being
born all the while. and we've got 70 look sharp
10 make them feel lis difficult and dangerous