Complex sentence: Leese was also employed by John Allen at his Water Street dance hall "strutting about with a knife in his boot-top, two revolvers in his belt, and a bludgeon in his huge fist".
Split into simpler sentences: Leese was also employed by John Allen at his Water Street dance hall. He was often armed with two revolvers in his belt and a knife worn on his boot top, and "a bludgeon in his huge fist".