Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1915 — Pickpockets Appear at Indiana Society Picnic. [ARTICLE]

Pickpockets Appear at Indiana Society Picnic.

A gang of pickpockets inserted a number into the outing program of the Indiana Society of Chicago Saturday, which, though unexpected, proved the sensation of the day. When some one discovered that he had been robbed he Shouted “pickpockets.” Five men were seen to dart from the crowd and race down ithe road. Policemen and a few others gave chase and three of the pickpockets were captured after a two mile sprint. Michael Duffy, a wealthy Fowler man, said that he had been robbed of a wallet containing SI,OOO in checks and S2OO in currency. Half a dozen others reported smaller losses.