The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-01
IL College. philadelphia.


IL e.so ~ 81 ,ts 80, 80 ai,.o,s ,,,oo,s tho
man ron ~ rro,. ana ~. raferonre nlaces his
hand against tho lamb Of tho door or raises II to
reach n car strap Tho tool thus raises his own
ment that eonccnls what the other hand is doing and
:, mo ,,,,,o,,,ar,. ,hso,ro+,o, no nan &c CIV
slourbo," and tho 9,,rr,r I. ,,,lios away II n man
IS accompanied bv n woman the situation is very
,,,,,h as,o-. 49,, . -, 49,, -. ia ,,a,.
succeed I'm SO placing her thar she actually becomes
a stall" in the mob that is robbns her escort
one OF the greatest mobs have over known was
Dyson He was as before stated nm Enrlshn,nn b,.
birth came to America four or five years before
the civil war His father opened thieves resort in
New York which was called tho Porter House on
Ninth avenue. and here Dan mot tho thieving fra
ternity. and in consequence became n burglar when
ONLY lG vears of are 10 aIso tried I'm,
finally settled down rs a piokpocket
lie only became tho head of a mob Of pick
rockets but also ronl,ctaa r,,r,arou. r,her ,nar,
tons particularly sneak thievinr forripp and hnn
burgiing In picking pockets he often worked with
iIcttc Thompson He was man with an international
of whom was as powerful as an OK rhov could bardio
any man and place him Just where the tool desired:
and in case Of "A tumble the victim was certain to he
roughly handled
Another great gang was the sheenv Mob each
memher Of which a lew. Abe Creenth thai Polish
Jew tho leader. this gang were Herman Abe
brother and son Law Abe. the stalls"
Of this mob carried a small valise which he would
press directly against tho victims face or stomach
while the robbery was in progress Another stair,
carried about dozen empty cigar boxes These ,yro
no rco oxr,,eor 1ce, ana ihen there would
Hebrew calculations and Inconsistencies sometimes a
dirty handkerchief reekng with snun. was haunted
.'s, ~, ~, - II vas an o'a proVerb with us
sheeny Mob ~ VIC
Ihe e-tlme tool Of this mob is we'll
a, several times million 40 ves ovs ',o Is Fa9Gu
ana generous man and he remains sood fellow.
he saved two men from coins to prran % fo one occasion
There some diversity of opinion among crooks
..1ar DIM. Tho .i.,.
to be argued about rruch ne is ,be go, ~, ~
race horses The majority awarded the palm to James
Mn9ne. alias fapes alias the Eagle papes
auiel man ana never permitted his stalls to resort
to rough work All he REQUIRED gentle sort Of
NOM yhIc, ne VIZ a',I'lts rom Fittshursh for his
ton he observed fine, por,iy solid looking elderly
man. just the usually selected for mark man
who once to get his Ticket ispa ave,
me fat leather papes saw this attractive pocket
,i r'r '.S' up ms NINA 10 Try to touch the old
and gentlemen nocidentaiiv reaehaa ho I"''es
Tho car al about tho ss,n. ,t DE 1"e p!auorm OF
him TO Get # ain ana s la'uon ana was helping
ue the victim nailed all right Papes told mo
t n & oyer me ie",ner ne was knocked clean
whom grating I'D crestiine Junction Sr
Nalone w as''',,' eol''li,i,g nearly $4,000
one ie was wit Of tho o@, ' IN more senses than
ma " |; pc Nc matter Where he was every thing was
eNerybody had to laugh az him and win hin 50
5l sa9t whS y he Joe ppbuaue sheeny Mike aud
q The banks he alone Was acquiites frch at 2ne
antaiy t6 seven r de nd 1ent 70 the pen
i ~ ~ hTidgeport Conn worth SlooooOo the most
Mso has neog$y been sroken escaned from Nh The
PeHiiMnii,Af! on ms sentence. and stayed away.
questonag logdiassd spesa ana Gieysrness I'M
frenchnen have come here to srart b3, M "iss
rat. sw ana - a n fae ther sutssi
When 50 n1ch sraftip., wa. eoir,.
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