The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-14
NAMES THAT GREW
Wichita Characters With De-
scriptive Names
MEAL TICKET HARRY
Always Broke But Always Car
ries Eating Card,

Curious would be a directory made Up
| OF the names by which notorious char
Z acters about town. crooks and tramps
are known 20 the police. Many OF tho
names are peculiarly applicable 10 the
person on account OF some personal &C.
centricity or appearance. while others are
given the men on account o. the vicinity
from which they hail Some OF the men
gain the names from their associates.
while In some cases they are given them
by the police.
One well known character in this city
IS Meal Ticket Harry" as he Is known
by the police, In the memory Of man
( he was never known TO work or have a
/ cent OF money. yet he always has u
! meal ticket on some restaurant. Where
/ he gets them Is unknown. but he always
1 has one in his possession.
sloppy earned his title BY stopping
around town without visible means OF
support, while Dagger Dave once gain
ed notoriety and a name by getting az
rested with monstrous knife In his
] possession.
/ Nearly every road man" as tramas
] anu AgdNeiluk COOKS are C<-Icls mas some
kind OF sobriquet- Denver Cheyenne" a
colored man is now Guaranteed IN this
city. He is a tramp VINO makes this
town on his route over the country. 10
might be mentioned that every tramp
called Cheyenne is a negro. the term be
ing applied to them because they shine.
. Following are some of the names OF tho
road men:
! "Pighead" This character gained his
name because he is rather stupid ana
is credited With less than the usual guam
ties OF brains. He is now a resident Of
the city Jail
! "Black ollie" Is the name OF Ollie
/ Craig. a little colored boy in tins city.
/ He is a jockey. but ruined his chances
for success by the inordinate use Of CO
/ caine.
Cigarette Charlie has been a boarier
In the county Jail. He "a a crook out is
an educated one. He IS a confirmed CT
/ gazette nend. He Is a horseman and
came from Colorado. He IS somtwhat OF
an artist and occupies his time. while In
/ Jail. by painting very cre1itable water
( color sketches.
! "Pegleg' is a one-leEged tramp who
makes Wichita his headquarters during
the summer months. He keeps the Do
lice busy by filling up on cocaine and
whisky and attempting 10 whip all the
| policemen in town.
/ 'HOokie'' Is a colored ramp who gain
ed the name by hagin one arm.
! He wears an iron hook on the arm which
/ takes the place II the hand.
Bread and Butter deserves his name.
/ He is a tramp who claims 20 have no
I bad inclination beyond great appetits
| for bread and butter and he Is always
begging for handouts.
Chi White" gained his name by COM
| ing from Chicago. Chi being a corrup-
| ton OF the name.
! Spider BIZ is long. shm spider
| legged individual who cruises shout tho
| country keeping away from work and lis
| legs give him his name
Syracuse Slim is rom syracuse. New
York. and Is very slim aud slightly
| built
| louisville Harry comes from Ken
! lucky and can say "sah" with as great
/ grade as any "cuhneY' from the Blue
/ grass state.
| "Muggins." one Of the tramp pr1fes-
| sion. was given the name by the poles
because ne Is always "musging" GROUND
ana invariably IN trouble.
Alfalfa Red" has a large and iuxu-
| RANT growth % red whiskers on his chin
Washers are known 20 tramps as alfalfa
and the rei simply deslgrafes the color
/ OF the growth.
''Micky slade" and Cheyenne Red
arc two noted crooks They conlns taeir
operations 20 cracking safes and banks
They have operated extensively IN this
section and we're the men. s. IS sa4d. who
did the actual work when the vaul: q
the register Of deeds sfice - Newton
was broken into and the county uno~tKaEs
records were burned. George Shirley Of
this city and George " Rogers ~ New
ton were indicted for planning fls work
and Rogers WAS sent 20 the p~1itsntiarT.
BIsMARCK's IRON NERVE
Was The result % as splendid heaifh.
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