Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-08
SHRINERS LOSE
COIN IN THRONG
SNEAK THIEVES WORK AT
PASADENA FETE
o.
Crowds About Hotel Green Are Re-
lIeved Of Vaiuables by Light
Fingered Crooks, Despite
the Police
Pasadena Agency.
II North Raymond Avenue,
Phones: Sunset 1907, Home 2124.

PASADENA, May 7.--Pasadena's. Wis
itors were robbed by pickpockets who
came and returned with the throng to-
day. The Shriners do not blame Pasa-
dena for the inconvenience which &C.
Cured on account Of the robberies. They
blame only the lack of vigilance on thel
part. AS is the case when any throng
of large proportions gathers there is
some evilly disposed person classed
commonly in the light-fingered gentry
denomination, and these were present to
make the police trouble and the PasaI
denans sorry for ten well executed cases
of thievery.
There was large force of plain
clothes men at work in the throng, and
several characters who wore a sus-
picious look were ordered to leave the
city. Over two dozen were bounced
from Central park and told not to re-
turn under penalty Of arrest. Others
from different portions Of the city where
the Shriner crowds were thickest were
also given the tip to go, and these were
also provided with the alternative II
they returned.
But though the authorities took every
W pIOtCCt tbO NicAeOio siAS
pickpockets were busy and the cases re-
ported were too numerous not to incite
the wrath of Pasadenans, and it would
have gone hard with the man caught in
the act af lifting valuables from the
person of a guest of the city.
e. A. Wind of Kingston, N. Y, re-
ported the loss of a pocketbook contain
ing at least $500 in cash and valuable
rapers, including a return ticket to the
o1r tIa nd
you may tell the thief he may have the
cash." is what he said when he reported
the case to the authorities.
A. e. Crookston of Omaha was an
other victim of the sneak thieves, and
he reported the loss of a sparkler valued
at 5000. He turned soon after he be-
came aware of the loss and thought he
recognized figure that he had seen
near him on two or three occasions in
the crowd, but was not sure enough 10
accuse the man openly.
Police Commissioner Windham, he
with the authority of making and
breaking police chiefs and patrolmen,
was a victim. He was not entirely an
E. q. Mark, but he lost out on valu-
able jeweled Masonic emblem which was
cut from his coat in the press of dense
throng. He felt 1t go, he said, but was
unable to turn and identify his man.
Others were reported In which the loss
was confined to stick pins of little or
no intrinsic value, though the loss OF
the pin meant much to the owner for
reason of associations with the past
One woman reported the loss of purse,
one of the kind worn at the belt, and
then smiled. She followed the smile with
a statement that the. purse contained
a ticket home, but she did not care SO
much as the desire to stay in this beau
tiful land had grown with her since her
arrival. 1t was a case of mingled mirth
and sorrow, and it took with the men
who kept the counter at the information
bureau and they cheered the plucky
woman as she left them with the in
formation that she would return and
see if the recovery of the purse had been
reported
Several losses were reported that were
not thought to be cases of pickpocket-
ing, though it was hard to state what
they were.