The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-10

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been expiated in ten days time in jai
for breaking a "bobby'a" official nose
"Spug" Rafferty, was vastly absorbing
the refreshments, assured that while the
staff knew he had broken into a house
the other night, they would not tell or
him. for the present. One could pick 8
score from among the hundred who
were self-confessed highwaymen. and il
the corners were confiding little lotteries
of compatriots who would almost ar
certainly stan bloke on his cad that
same night as that they We're scheduled
to absorb half dozen sandwiches and
a quart of cheering tea at that spread.
A "Hooligan" thus described his deft
methods of work. which are fairly rep
resentative of the operations of his
fellow craft:
when | wac a startin' in this line I
done the pyper game newspaper sell
ller) an dipped nice little red lot (gold
watcD perlitely Yer see, l didn't
have the toys fer ter bust house with,
cause yer carnt carry around a lot Of
believers CHATS jimmies an bars an
false keys. under yer arm, kin yer? Yer
ave to ave a nice little black bag
(valise) an be dressed up ter the times
to suit
''Well, I was over to the West End
in theayter crowd, but they wos two
peelers onto me, SO I couldn't work
orl alone. Well, seen two O. me old
pals, an I says, got charnst to
pinch a good haul, but theS's couple
| o. stops (police) twiggin me gyme. Are
you in it?' says /. They backed me, an
run up aginst toff with jerry an
slang (Watch and chain) strung across
10 weskit and I shoves my pyper in lis
fyce, an says, 'Worn't payper?' Me
pals behind, they joins me UP aginst
i'm and I dipped is kettle and parst
it along. They greases OFF, an when 1
gets aroun' they had done it in at the
Spank an we divides up six quid
(sovereigns), fer it wos a nice red lot.
II paid the pots (beers) all roun'
an gort me belt as one O. the Bruins
We pays a bob (shilling) a week fer
bein' members, an the bloke' gives us
the tip when there's any oof ter = be
myde on a job. Then there's com
mittee; they're spoilers, an gifts the
tips on good jobs to work, an they tells
us off fer the biz.
do you knew all the detectives and
plain clothes officers?" wae asked
"Know en-? Wye we can orlmost
smell a 'split' (detective). Yer kin tell
EN- by the wye they walk and the
wye they look. They don't never look
at yer stryte, allus sidelong like, look
in down at yer feet. When they turns
up, the words Stop! Look out; be-
low, boys and we greases orr in
'urry."
A fence" means here what it does
in New York-a place for selling stolen
goods and the buying business is large
ly in the hands of grasping Jews, who
operate under the guise of pawnbrokers
Asked where the main fences are in
the confiding "Hooligan" dis
creetly lowered his voice to judicial
tone and replied:
"They's lot o. stryte fences up at
the Spank Chats Petticoat Lane, yer
Were yer kin git % bob a
ounce fer 1S-carrot gold, an 81 bob fer
22-carrot. Some of ems crooked |
though, an them Jews they'll ekin yer
# they kin. Then they's lot O pot men
IN the East End pubs (saloons) as yer
kin always depend on. No. we don't |
ring the changes much (passing coun-
.erfeit coin), it's too risky; If they gifts |
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