PICKPOCKET’S MISTAKE.

Shannon News, 12 October 1923, Page 3

PICKPOCKET’S MISTAKE.

TAKES CONSTABLE’S WATCH,

Pickpockets, although they are saia to come great distances to enjoy the Melbourne Agricultural Show carnival, are rarely so unacquainted witn the police as to look upon members of the force as likely and' profitable victims, says a Melbourne paper. However, one succeeded in taking a constable’s watch last week, and the constable had the satisfaction of later taking 'him to the lock-up. Senior Constable Angelzaik was travelling in plain clothes on the rear platform of a tramcar when a young man, apparently under the influence of liquor, clambered on the train, and lurched against him. The man immediately alighted, and the constable, a little suspicious, felt for his watch and chain, which were missing. He sprang from the tram, and as he, did so the young man ran way, and attempted to lose his pursuer in the crowded city streets. He was captured, however, and the watch and chain recovered from him. “I hav-e heen in the bush most °f my’ life,” remarked the constable afterwards, “and must look like it. This man must have thought;l was down for the show.” . '