The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-11
PICKPOCKETS HELD
Two Negro Women Caught Un- der Suspicious Circum-
 stances.
FALSE WAD THROWN AWAY
Both Acknowledged Out-of-Town Homes-prunlscn Man
 Victim.

Two small but wide-awake newsboys Lipson. were instrumental in the ar rest of two colored women last night on charges of theft from the person. The incident occurred in the doorway of the Register building on Crown street. The women had met a middle aged man by the name of Albert A. Cameron. who claimed that he lived at l9 Waverly street and as he was in an intoxicated condition appeared to think he looked Ike good money 10 them. The boys noticed that one of the coored women had the man in the doorway and was apparently picking his pocket while the other woman was seemingly on the lookout. Tine lads said that the woman in the doorway was acting as if she was wiping mud off the mans clothing and al the same time feeling for any money that he might have in his pockets. Sergeant smith was notified and hastened to the scene. He found the group and upon inquiry the woman stated that she was wiping mud off the mans clothes. She said that he was drunk and that he had fallen in the street and she picked him up. The man at this time main taned that he had not lost any money. The women were starting away when the man suddenly declared that he had lost $40. Sergeant Smith then started to arrest the women lAs he did SC the one in the doorway took a roll ap. parently of money and threw it into the street. The sergeant started after 1t thinking it was evidence and as he did so the other woman ran away. He hastened the other woman and Camer- on to headquarters and an alarm was at once sent out for her companion.
 Cameron was in an intoxicated con- dition when he was brought in to the station and was scarcely able to ex- plain what had happened to him He was locked up with drunkenness charge against him.
 The woman was searched and 1t was found that she had about s7 on her person. Meanwhile Sergeant Dennehy had started for the Ltation where Bir- mineham had two colored women un- der suspicion as companions of the one arrested. It was found when Sergeant Smith got the roll the woman had thrown into the street that it was sim ply a roll of newspaper cut from com ic sheets and cut into the size and shape of bills. This is a favorite ruse the police say with persons practicine this game.
 The police wagon brought in two more women, both coored and botf loudly protesting against their arrest l One was soon let go as not being con. nected with the case but the other was recognized by the Alderman lad as the companion of the first woman and was locked up. She had in her hand about Sl6 in bills. Both claimed that they had not been picking the mans pockets l but had simply picked him out of tho mud and were brushing him off. Wher examined at police headquarters Cam erOn's clothes showed no signs what ever of mud Cameron had 25 cents oi his pereon and a fine gold watch whei brought in.
 The woman gave their names as Hat tie Jones, 2S of Reading, Penn, wh, said she had only been In this cit, three d. and Mary Williams o
 Springfield, aged 24.
 The woman who went to the statiol i apparently thought she would be abl
 to get out of town safely but the sta tion officer was notified within tw minutes and the station placed uude
 guard.