Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-16
STREET CARS ARE
WORKED BY GANG
OF CLEVER DIPS
william King of This City One
ofFive Victims to Be Robbed
by Pickpockets.
SUSPECTS ARE ARRESTED
-, Man Lost Pceketbook Contain
Ins Over s+o-osvenPort Police
Working on Case

sesSed Of their pocket books con
..4-,,- sl4f by clever dips" operat-
r.on street cars and waiting rooms in
n.vsuport Saturday afternoon and ev-
--s I've men reported their losses
:, he Davenport police department.
~ we're William King. 513 Twenty
"a street. Rock Island: John c. Ra-
= f1a4Iz West Second street. Henry
Paterson. farmer. Of Big Rock, Iowa: a
--4-eling man who left on the l. & /.
s-Cliuton at4:45p.m-; and an employe
!, he Davenport Slaughtering & Rem
ss-iuE company whose name Is with
"a King reported his loss shortly
,rsr $50 o'clock He informed the
,olce thai be was riding on bridge
- street car. and when he reached
az his purse 70 pay his fare his pocket
book containing $50 was missing He
are the police a description of a sus-
-sc- Who had boarded the car al Sec
"a and Brady streets. Peterson was
-tscched- for his purse, containing
81. shiIe boarding a Milwaukee train
N home Al the Davenport depot short
r afer noon Saturday. He did not no
ice bis loss until the conductor came
~ his ticket. He remembered that
10 men had showed him as he was
s5out 10 board a train. He gave a de-
serpaou OF the suspects TO the police.
s,s Of whom be described as being
,5our IS years old and wore a light
o7srcoaf. The second man was about
8 ysars OF age and wore a black over
eat
One Loses SIS.
Mr. Ramig was with his wife and
hnily on a westbound Warren street
ar on West Second street. He. too.
iiscovered his loss when he reached
'lr his purse. Mr.. Ramig was the
sszTier loser. HIS pocketboOd con- !
ausd SIS.
he travelling man. whose name the
1oliee did not get. discovered his loss
ttsr the interurban car had left Dav- !
ipoTt His purse containing so was !
zlssinE. He telephoned a description 1
Z two suspects that jostled him in a |
GoFd al the Davenport !. & I. station /
Believed Work Of Gang.
Tie Davenport Slaughtering & Rem
isrins company employe. who request |
d the police 20 withhold his name. /
tso lost his purse while riding on a !
NOrthEest Davenport street car On I
Eest Second street. The pocketbook .
'aatained 50 in money aad valuable /
llpsrs.
L Is believed the jobs are the work 1
G a clever band OF pickpockets. ex-
Isnsneed street car workers. making I
q Tour Of the country.
Similar r05beries have occurred in \
1lay other cities within a radius Of
ID niles OF Davenport during the past
Fssk. In all Instances the dips" have
e7aied detection.
A strange thing about the four Dav-
10Y r0bberies is the fact that none
q ne men can positively tell the ap-
ilo1inafe tine OF the robbery. The
-pi seem 20 work only in crowded /
ar, CT in street car waiting rooms.
Z ere crowd vas couzregated. a. the (.
'F roooeries occurred under such cir
instances. I
Arrest Suspects.
NiEht Cap ain Of Police John Quinn
-'iEned ever detectives on duty 20
i eases. Several suspects we're plac- !
I lhdsr arrest and are being held
b HTestigation.
no or three osher robberies Of this
% IN addition 20 those named above.
re reported. but an investigation