Word: pickpocketings
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...sweltering Tokyo and she, too, wanted a vacation in verdant Chiba. Wearily, Negishi returned to Tokyo to see what he could do about his wife's wish. With him was a 17-year-old youngster (the brother of the girl at the inn) who happened to be a pickpocket by profession. One day, when Negishi wondered aloud how he would ever pay for his wife's holiday, his companion advanced an idea. In one day, the pair lifted 800 yen ($2.20) from passengers on the Tokyo subway. Negishi acted as lookout while his young friend exercised his skill...
...Pitcher Elwin ("Preacher") Roe wondered whether he should have invited his father, Dr. Charles E. Roe, to come up from Viola, Ark. to watch him work. The Preacher went to the showers after six innings against the Cardinals, and father Roe went home minus $80 lifted by a ballpark pickpocket...
Antidote. In Kobe, Japan, when Pickpocket Yoshio Abe complained of a stomachache, police gave him a dose of castor oil, recovered the stolen watch he had swallowed...
...words that would reveal the road to destiny. But another voice came over the loudspeaker. Said Uncle John: "Comrade Zachariades has lost his wallet since entering the stadium. If anyone finds it, please bring it here." Uncle John was never able to lay hands on the wallet or the pickpocket...
Beginner. In The Bronx, Pickpocket Plunk Williams confessed to police that he was only an apprentice, that two experienced friends had tried to teach him but "I'm a poor pupil. I fumble every time...