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Photo Courtesy of the Library of Congress
by James Rada, Jr.
1912 — Beware the Gypsies
asked the palmist if he had a license.
When the daily Western Maryland “At the Frederick Railroad station Finding the band without a license
Railroad train arrived in Thurmont the gang operated on Harvey Miller’s Mr. Lewis went to Frederick and sent
in late February 1912, nearly two cash drawer, after he had given one Deputy Teeter and Constrble (sic)
dozen people—men, women, and of the women money,” according to Hauver to arrest the gypsie,” the
children—swarmed off the train and the Catoctin Clarion. in three large wagons. The wagons Catoctin Clarion reported.
began working. Before the Gypsies could get away stopped at the town square while They were arrested, tried, and
“Some say they were gypsies, from the station, Frederick County the women and children went into found guilty. They had to pay a
others say they were Italians. The Deputy Sheriff Stull arrived and different businesses, sometimes fine plus $50 costs in the case, and
ladies would ask to tell your fortune, demanded repayment of the missing telling fortunes for a fee. Although promise to leave the county.
tell you in which pocket you carried money. The man leading the Gypsies no one reported any thefts from this Gypsies are a group of people
your money and how much you had took a large roll of bills from his group, such was not the case when known as the Romani, who came
and succeed in getting their victim pocket and repaid the missing money the group passed through Lewistown originally from northern India and
doing as commanded. While one without question. on its way to Thurmont. were sold into slavery in Egypt when
would stand before the victim the The Gypsies left Thurmont for Another group passing through the Muslims conquered the area.
other would be tapping his pockets,” Frederick on the trolley. After they Thurmont in October 1912 “will Those who converted to Islam were
the Catoctin Clarion reported. left, more reports of missing money be remembered from one end of freed. When they made their way to
Using this method, Edgar came in, but it was too late by then the county to the other as being Europe, English-speaking Europeans
Peddicord had his pocket picked of to seek any repayment. very adept at picking pockets,” the supposedly called them Gyptians
$10 (roughly $240 in 2016 dollars). This was not the only time that Clarion reported. instead of Egyptians. This later
Of course, he didn’t discover the Thurmont had problems with This group was believed to have became Gypsies.
missing money until after the Gypsies. been the same group that had been They began migrating to America
Gypsies had moved away from the Another group arrived in in town in February and was caught in the 19th century and continued
station onto new targets. Thurmont the same month, traveling picking pockets. Although no one their itinerant ways, traveling from
in Thurmont reported any money town to town and causing problems
missing, one of the girls in the when they resorted to petty thievery
group was caught picking pockets in like pickpocketing.
Emmitsburg. The Gypsies were also known
In October 1913, a band of for the smith work with copper
Gypsies, who were camping in the and other metal. They often earned
mountains near Deerfield, were their way by repairing and retinning
arrested. They had been telling industrial equipment used in various
fortunes, which at the time was businesses.
against the law in Frederick County. For residents to get the Gypsies’
States Attorney Samuel Lewis metalworking abilities, they had to
“had his fortune told and then put up with the thievery.
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Photo Courtesy of the Library of Congress
by James Rada, Jr.
1912 — Beware the Gypsies
asked the palmist if he had a license.
When the daily Western Maryland “At the Frederick Railroad station Finding the band without a license
Railroad train arrived in Thurmont the gang operated on Harvey Miller’s Mr. Lewis went to Frederick and sent
in late February 1912, nearly two cash drawer, after he had given one Deputy Teeter and Constrble (sic)
dozen people—men, women, and of the women money,” according to Hauver to arrest the gypsie,” the
children—swarmed off the train and the Catoctin Clarion. in three large wagons. The wagons Catoctin Clarion reported.
began working. Before the Gypsies could get away stopped at the town square while They were arrested, tried, and
“Some say they were gypsies, from the station, Frederick County the women and children went into found guilty. They had to pay a
others say they were Italians. The Deputy Sheriff Stull arrived and different businesses, sometimes fine plus $50 costs in the case, and
ladies would ask to tell your fortune, demanded repayment of the missing telling fortunes for a fee. Although promise to leave the county.
tell you in which pocket you carried money. The man leading the Gypsies no one reported any thefts from this Gypsies are a group of people
your money and how much you had took a large roll of bills from his group, such was not the case when known as the Romani, who came
and succeed in getting their victim pocket and repaid the missing money the group passed through Lewistown originally from northern India and
doing as commanded. While one without question. on its way to Thurmont. were sold into slavery in Egypt when
would stand before the victim the The Gypsies left Thurmont for Another group passing through the Muslims conquered the area.
other would be tapping his pockets,” Frederick on the trolley. After they Thurmont in October 1912 “will Those who converted to Islam were
the Catoctin Clarion reported. left, more reports of missing money be remembered from one end of freed. When they made their way to
Using this method, Edgar came in, but it was too late by then the county to the other as being Europe, English-speaking Europeans
Peddicord had his pocket picked of to seek any repayment. very adept at picking pockets,” the supposedly called them Gyptians
$10 (roughly $240 in 2016 dollars). This was not the only time that Clarion reported. instead of Egyptians. This later
Of course, he didn’t discover the Thurmont had problems with This group was believed to have became Gypsies.
missing money until after the Gypsies. been the same group that had been They began migrating to America
Gypsies had moved away from the Another group arrived in in town in February and was caught in the 19th century and continued
station onto new targets. Thurmont the same month, traveling picking pockets. Although no one their itinerant ways, traveling from
in Thurmont reported any money town to town and causing problems
missing, one of the girls in the when they resorted to petty thievery
group was caught picking pockets in like pickpocketing.
Emmitsburg. The Gypsies were also known
In October 1913, a band of for the smith work with copper
Gypsies, who were camping in the and other metal. They often earned
mountains near Deerfield, were their way by repairing and retinning
arrested. They had been telling industrial equipment used in various
fortunes, which at the time was businesses.
against the law in Frederick County. For residents to get the Gypsies’
States Attorney Samuel Lewis metalworking abilities, they had to
“had his fortune told and then put up with the thievery.
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