Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . ers fail to perceivethat they are marking the precise location of their pocketbooks or other valuables by a method of advertising which isas plain as a finger post to the eyes of any thieves whochance to be near them. As soon as the place of deposit is marked to a certainty,it is little harder to get away with the booty than it is torob those easy-going people who give themselves no con-cern about pockets and thieves. In the same class of ad-vertising agents
Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . ers fail to perceivethat they are marking the precise location of their pocketbooks or other valuables by a method of advertising which isas plain as a finger post to the eyes of any thieves whochance to be near them. As soon as the place of deposit is marked to a certainty,it is little harder to get away with the booty than it is torob those easy-going people who give themselves no con-cern about pockets and thieves. In the same class of ad-vertising agents we must place the man who carefully takesout his watch and chain on the outskirts of any crowd, beforehe mingles with it, and slides this deposit into the pocketof his trousers for safety. Often have we seen a good citizendo this in utter disregard of the curious eyes attracted tohis pretence of concealment. The left hand pocket of the trousers is the one commonlypreferred for the deposit of a watch or a roll of bills bythese people who distrust their waistcoat pocket. Whenthey are in the midst of a crowd, the wily pickpocket con-.
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