Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1909 — PICKPOCKETS BUSY AT THE GOSHEN FAIR. [ARTICLE]

PICKPOCKETS BUSY AT THE GOSHEN FAIR.

Not Only Bob the Attendants at the Fair Bnt Pilfer Pockets of Special Police Officers. It is a good thing that you (ffdn’t attend the Goshen fair. For you might have had to borrow money to get home on. About every other person there had their pockets picked and when the loose fingered artists ran short of common people to work on they picked the pockets of the police officers. Losses as high as S4OO were reported and 76 rifled purses were found in a pile under a railroad bridge. One policeman lost sl4 by the pickpocket route and no arrests were made.