El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

These tender hearted victims, moved
to pity by narrowing but false tales. Of
poverty and suffering, are responsible
for more pickpockets escaping long
terms behind the bars than anything
else. No matter how hard the detec-
tives work to round them up, their eff
forts are far more often blocked By
these tactics than by any failure to get
their quarry with the goods on them"
The average man cries for Justice"
the police say, but if he has to choose
between his stolen wallet and justice,
poor justice is left in the lurch.
Another dangerous woman thief is
Rose Hanson, sometimes known as
LOttie Gross, or Ethel Ring. She was
recently caught as she was robbing a
Long Island woman at Fifth avenue
and Forty-second street She was con
victed and sent away for a year. Trans
fer points. such as in front of the Grand
Central Station, Thirty-fourth street
and Broadway, and Thirty fourth street
and Fifth avenue, were attractive spots
for her operations and here she was
always well rewarded for her trouble.
Max Berman, sometimes called Ike
Goldstein. "the Shoemaker" IS known
as the "meanest thief in New York. He
preys on working women and nothing is
too small to escape his itching fingers.
He starts out early in the morning and
robs young women on their way to work.
/ Their carfare and luncheon money is
never overlooked By this thief and he
has been known to even steal their mid
day sandwiches When captured after
looting Miss Grace Fleischer's handbag
he was brought before Judge O'Sullivan
on the charge Of grand larceny. His
wife, then in a delicate condition and
with four children Juggling at her skirts,
appeared in court and told such a pitt
full tale that Berman was permitted to
go under suspended sentence. Later he
was arrested ard convicted, and few
days ago he was sentenced to five years.
Henry Berry, alias Ed Jones, but
better known as "Coley' Young, is de-
scribed as a dad niger" by every
policeman who ever had to do with his
many arrests. He has served a number
of terms for larceny and prefers the
subways for his field of operations He
was arrested here last November for
robbing a Brooklyn woman of g hand
some pair of opera glasses and her
change purse, which he slipped from
/ her handbag as she was returning from
/ the theatre. He was indicted for grand
larceny in the first degree as a second
offence and he faces a long term in
States prison.
Sammy Simons, alias Sam Jacobs, is
characterized by the police as thief
/ with the cleverness of a Sammy Shaw.
/ He generally works with James Turner,
an all around bad man and q product Of
Chicago. who was imported here by a
highly successful mob" several years
ago. Sammy and Turner have made
number Of rich hauEs, and their pockets
are always wen lined in the event Of
trouble arising.
Not so long ago the detectives as
signed to keep an eye on pickpOekets
were standing in Forty-second street
and noticed there was a suspicious Jam
in the centre Of an approaching street
car. They leaped on the car and, stand
ing we'll back. awaited Developments
Soon they happened. The tool" lifted a
mans wallet, and as he did so the de-
tectives sprang forward and, reaching
for the man to whom the wallet had
been passed. missed him. The thief
leaped through the car window, taking
the sash with him. A citizen seized the
thief, but by a dexterous squirm he
slipped out Of his coat and vest and fled.
In the pocket Of the vest was a hand
some watch, but the thief escaped and,
naturally. did not return to claim his
coat, vest and jewelry. The man who
leaped through the window proved to
be Joseph PRESS, who had previously
jumped his bail He is regarded, in
police parlance, as "a good thief, and
when a policeman makes use Of this
term he is paying his captive the highest
compliment.
As long as men persist in carrying
their valuables in their hip pockets or
in wallets that stand high in the inside
pockets of their coats, and women
aimlessly roam the streets with hand
bags dangling, pickpOckets viii continue
J to grow wealthy. The opportunity is
there, and those who live by their wits
are quick to seize it. The city is full Of
pickpOckets and the street car lines are
alive with them. When entering a car,
especially those of the pay-as-you-enter
type, due care should be exercised to
guard valuables. Any suspicious tug
should be met with prompt and decisive
action, for this is the only way a thief
can be thrown off his guard.
When asked where all the pickpOckets
come from, a detective promptly re-
piled These observation-disclosures
pOOlrOoms are ineubators for thieves
There boys congregate. They may be
honest when they start out, but seeing
those who frequent these places sally
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