The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-05
THE TH|EVESl0F JAPAN
ingenious RascaIs, Among the
CIeverest In the World.
ONE or THEIR FOXY TRICKS.
Thu Method BY Which They Steal the
Shoes on the Womsn's Feet In the
Public streets--How Miser's Money
Chest Was Barred and Looted.


pphIlo streets--tsow a Miser's Money
ch..t Was Barred and Looted.
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An Engiishman enSereo q nlse eia's
car Of one Of the railroad trains that
RIM tstween Tokyo and Yokohama.
he was little red in the face and APP
narently RULED In temper. He had
inst discovered that his pocket had
baan nicked In the station, and he ex-
claimed bitterly against thieves In gem
aral ana Japanese thieves in particu-
lar
An American who had been engaged
!, voEoha ma for number of years
ro+,csd the Enrlishman's uuandary.
1r,,ruir,0 round 10 me. he said: "Our
Irs.s,ss,, frsa,,d Seams hit excited. If
= ,rro,r,s q having his pocket picked,
80 ,se,,,a - saw ~ no had the shoes
. 10y - ~ faotSp
aso.ru =. :. -, 80 ,,,,nossib,litv.
nas = s'ss
iausi'su -. .a,,+. .hatp no re-
wv ~. 49, ~ bannan with our
tuIleu- ,as - 49, = ',,,,+ton and
western s'y1 = 49, haard
ace; put M .ne sans -. 49, t,,e
and know u " " ny s-. ..,,s,,
sandals o. Japanese nase DeeA' s''e--
on their 1eel
Well now - y oonSs ..c
very SIMPLY ne ans 49,
pose Japanese "o.nan "no nas
particularly nne pan " lacyu.l = =
clogs IS one OF aerene Ilo"u .nas
watching passing pIocesslon = 49,.
hgious celeDrauon OF priests ~ 1lo..
o. temple Aions eones a. -
plckpocket-or plcKIoot, 1 uon . ~.
which You want 70 eau ILL
keen eyes, fastened on tne erounu, us
cover those deslra pc CLOGS;
dpon ne makes up ms lnlnu 'l'As ~
wants tnem
The first thing she knows tne own.
er Of the clogs ieeis an unpsa u"
sensation IN ner ieIt TOOL Na.uially
she wants 70 stop ~, anu qul.e NJ
chanicaiiy ana almost aos.n ~. a s..s
slips her rignt 1901 gu. = 40 s.os
and begins 10 scratcn tnat uneolnAoi'a "a
BILE spot In ner lett Ioot WIN nel 'oeS
She feels renewed. Forsettlns az
about the Incident sne becomes az
sorbed N the spectacie asa,n. ovon
the nr1tation Crosses over e
ilar spot IN ner rlgnt loo.. ADssnuy,
once more, sne siioes nef ielt ioo' vu'
OF It's clog ana peglns 20 sootne uie
troublesome spot Wltn ner, tos's
me tniei was responsspae aol -. ~
irritation ana walked on WIN sne
clogs, salo-
certainly. me rascal causeu 'nv
trouble Win DIT u s'la" - ~
ne returned
BUT one "ouiu lnlnK tnae lue uo,
ment the LOOT OF tne sicim 'oucneu
the ground its clog "ouiu De nisseu
ana the tnieI Wouio run the cnahcs
Of being caught De1ore sne seconu
coulu pc stosen-
On, that one OF tne cieyerese
parts OF tne tilck, eApia ineu 10y
friend Ine inner comes supplleu
with par OF cheap "oouen cioss
cosQng Out rev SEN anu tne o"nei
81 inc la,s41eIeu Aooeseaa soes
WIN them ana never notices. TUG uii-
terence, az ieast not untn !. Wv
late @ pront lroni Tue "ieueo
are Japaness .nieses ~ very e'ese
e.. men g asAsu' .s.
On, very ne leeurneu. lo
ume ago nearu 2. one ~ enem mno
useu 10 carry nuoui - 49, ..Ass
20 ny INTO Tue s'elis - ~ svl = ~ -
Wascnes lnat ne mlsls 800 - 1. !.
honestly once nc in'eu va =.
train' anu TUG owue.' a,l,sss - ~ -.
not AnoNins VIZ sn -. 80 -
snou. anu .iau po. A'-sn - o. ~.
monet lns pU'ise' - sa''sy ' - Az
-, ISIS islsts T.. 'na. se IN, ~ 49,. 49,, -,
e.alu si,v nls "ass - = -. Z, h,s
o. me 'naei ca,ne Ne .su u,sm o's 80 - ,.s
1900 os 'ne $3.50. s -. rosssn, ,,-, a.
oiis ilial possessA, ~ 80 .-. ..-.eu.,s
~ ae..s :. -. - = -, ,,-or,a,.tv
q ~. easy enanes - le sa,,n r'I ha,iara
va ~ 49, $500, :. ~ 49,
ne connu M --ase1 " hs 80
= penui' ule - .ass s. .v
- sIoI 49, 800 - Ssra-ant towns .,
- .ne ,a-.o1s .'sss - :. tha -.
Len a..sss.u - ~ sa ...sa.s..ss r-ho
1850 - - az raeord ), the
9 fe. - - - -. .ah,, - a. 90
nan s..e , 800 $500 - Thus ho a.
olaeA -..s.. :. = - .s. ,.s.ss 1,st+
nays ..lA.ss - - ~ 81. $500 ae.,,
.4ass 1850 49,, 49,, ,,,s,v +,r,as
49,, 49, 49,. ..l ,svsr s7,other thief
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