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New York in Throes of Pickpockets Turbulent City
A veteran IRone Our Wet Turk correspondent profiles New York pickpockets. The piece names famed detectives Casassa and McKenna, describes mob operations, lone thieves, and schemes at stores, buses, and subways. It highlights women like Annie Harris and Rose Hanson, and shows how masks of poverty are used to beguile victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Ceretain
McKay
New York
Frank D. Casassa
Richard McKenna
Kean
Cesassa
Atrone Arm
Forty-second Street
Bin
Ios
Ket Singh
Saming” Shore
Shaw
Atx
Sph
Samay
Sammy Shaw
Otto Bennett
Tennectt
Brooklyn
Hach
Jay
Annie Nlarris
Joey
Stosulsky
Annie
Fifth Avenue
Fanris Franklin
Veninie
Herbral “Me
Sixth Avenue
Tle
Bogton
Annie Hartis
Annie Harris
Rose Hanson
Lottie Groas
Ethel Hing
Long Island
Max Berman
Ike Goldstein
Grace Fleischer
Henry Berry
Ex Jones
Sammy Simons
Sam Jacobs
James Turner
Chicago
Satomy
Turner
Joseph Preigs