The evening world., 1913-01-23
P|CKPOCKET PICKS
PAL'SPOCKET,
NABS HIM
Mr.. Gold Was Certainly in
Hard Luck When He Tried
to Rob Literary Lincoln.
LOST HIS WATCH, TOO.
Now He's in Cell, After At
tempt to Get Wallet of Writer
Who Can Run Some.
LOST HIS WATCH, TOO.

1Iarris Gold. alias Charles Williams,
when he was lined up At Police Head
quarters to-day. This misguided crook.
who hes a record in . Dozen BIZ cities
Of the United states and Canada. es-
sayed to steal the wallet Of IAncoin
stsffens. journalist. author and disciple
OF the Golden Rule. last night.
He 80, the wallet all right, but hs
didn't set away with Il. incidentally,
In the mixup. he lost hiu now Ss5 watch.
In Justice to Mr., StsfYens. Il must 10
said that Gold does not entertain the
slightest suspicion against him In 70.
spcot Of said watch.
Mr.. 0ts6sns was boarding q west
bound Eighth street car ct Astor place
and Fourth avenue ~ O'Clock last
night when something told him he had
sustained . great loss. Turning. he
saw Harris Gold hastily departing and
putting something into his coat pocket
II was Lincoln StefRens's wallet.
The striking garment workers had
been surxinx around that nsighborhood
all afternoon and evening and the crowd
was dense. but Lincoln StefSens. the hu-
man bloodhound. was on the trail. The
man who dug Up The Shame Of the
Cities" was not to be COMPOUNDED by y
mere pickpocket; besides. the wallet
contained ~.
LINCOLN sTEFFENs 10 GONE
RUNNER, BELIEVE GOLD.
Harris Gold admits that In n long OK
perience he has learned how TO set
through crowds In hurry. lie went
through that crowd al Astor place like
. human projcctile. hurting men and
women aside M the ball hurls the pins
aside In a bowling alley ten-strikc. And
right behind him. gaining At every
stride, was Lincoln atcfens.
A low pirring sound. that eraduar1,
rose TO q whining moan, accompanied
| the chase. II was the wind interim,
through the little bunch OF whiskers OF
Mr.. etsffsns'S chin.
| Terrified by the swift approach 81
| the Nemesis from behind. Harris Cole
| became confused. He failed to SEQ Po
iiceman Cahili and bumped right into
him. Cahill grabbed Gold and In q SEQ
ond Lincoln steffcns was on top Of both
Mister. gasped Gold. handing Stef.
fens tho wallet. you arc some runner"
with his seif-possession mistaken
Lincoln Steffcns opened the wallet and
counted tho contents. The money wal
all there. Then he directed that Gold
be arrested.
soMEsooY GOT HIS "sUPER"-
IN OTHER WORDS. HIS WATCH
On the way TO Headquarters. Gold dis
| covered his watch was missing. His
lamentations were vivid and sincere.
I'm just back from Chicago" he ex.
planned. II done well out there and I've
got a nice red t65 super. In a store In
| Chicago. I buys u safety clamp which
Ia supposed to protect a super from any
dip.
II can't ind any OF the old mob when
get back. so I Joins a new gang and
yesterday ! show 'em how the safet,
| clamp works. We was In that push to.
| gether and while I'm working on thi,
mans wallet. one OF the mob nick ID
mo for me super and ducked. ! know
something was wrong. when ! turnet
around to slip the leather TO mo pa
and nobody was there. He was lam.
min with the watch. Oh. I'm a boot
all right. I'm . boob.
However. the boob" play Of Harri,
Colds career wsA trying TO steal "
from Lincoln Steffens.