The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-12
HooneAN o. 49, nArloNs.



Cron the London GIobe)
The orisiu Of tae sern "Hcoiisan.'' used
( bE the coRts-l pcr,rr press. and now an
/ Tarently f,-nll.- established as convens-
1 eat nickname for rogTdyis-1 and ruiEian-
Ism or the part Of youths and young men
+ y wrapped in o5scurits-. thcgsh various
/ explanations are for-acoming. One &C
count states It 10 5e derived from The
I biunderins of q policeman in describing q
+ sang * Juvenile del.nQuents AID their
I leader. tLCoseys gang ws-lle another
traces It's origin 10 the antics - 2 pair ~
+ l,EocE-oou artists. the Brothers Eocli-
gar, Who several years ago had great
+ vogue u TIE low-class music halls Their
+ js yet another ana more IlaCsttle theory
( 81 as having originated with q song which
+ was widely popular VITA the Australian
r. I-sarr-Hils. ard OF which the frs vers-
ran as follows:
There's family living near Is
Always in some tsrrible fuss-
+ Nyerer known TO ten lie.
Z hey & sneak yer teeth and say 'gc0d-5y.
they could drink the Carlton bres'r- dry
Could the Eooi,sans- 2
Then came rowdy. rousingS horus:
yah the Hoolisans.
Earr-h, the EIooliea1s.
They are never quiet no,
Always IN some riot. SO,
Yah. she ao0lig2ls, etc
+ Very possibly, however. '.Hooiigan" is
only corruption OF The terra hoodlU-l.
likewise e. word Of 70 definite derivation.
hich originated n California in the
early 7Cs. in the slang ~ the ruifians
n.r II dies sr
the young desperadoes Of san Francisco.
40 were ready ~ any moment for the
preparation vi any crime
Social scientists have treasured Us with
the statement that London Hoollsanisln
has no criminal basis. but is q synonym
Tor animal spirits nisdircctetl. which
could and should De directed into proper
channels. This is good news for those
who are acquainted with the methods
adopted by the "hcoeiums' of California,
the -Larrikins' of Australia the Bow
cry toughs of New York and the nal-Ie-
less gangs OF young youths v-ho haunt
the suburbs OF Paris after nlshttaN. with
III al which oar H9oiieaas are often de
scriced as synonymous. The Californian
-hoodlum vas criminal pure and s.In-
pie who did not hesitate to make use of
the pistol OF knife when carrying out
highway robbery. The authorities prac-
tic2lly killed the species some years ago
. he Australian .'Iarril-ius." however. arc
quite another tribe. divided into distinct
groups, though promotion from enc 70 the
other follows IN the natural course Of
events First. they arc the 'Larrikins.
who are merely street roushs. and only
partially organized IL gangs like our
Ecoligans second. there are the Push
Larrii1ins the term push signifying
earg-who constitute regular secret So
cieties. Il gentleman VINO acted as solicit
tor 10 q push has enlightened rs TN thu
pages of Blac.swoods Magazine about tho
methods pursued py these unscrupGlous,
woll-orEanized, semi criminal associations.
which are said 10 be "a relic of the old Bit
Ter convict spirit which originally sought
expression ia tae formation OF oushranger
gangs.
Primarily the object Of a push is to seek
for arnuse.1e AT 1t has its clubhouse where
the members meet ana dance, and IN the
summer its organizes picnics The mem
beIs OF q push are not professional Grim
inais. for the majority earn their liyeii-
hood honestly enough, but Ii is o sine qua
non that they may do just what theJ
please and If their animal 3pirlts briag
them into antaGonism with the law. SO
much the worse for the law-witncsses
viii be tCrro-.Ze5. magistrate threatened.
eminent criminal harristcrs engaged 70
defend. and the police Officers responsible
fCr the arrest or prosecution waylald ana
assaulted. perhars killed Every push IS
governed by q liking. who is generally
am individual - some position. prosper
ous brakeman or publican. and i've coun-
cilors The liking. who IS also the So
c.ety's treasurer, is judge Of all push Of
fences ard awarder OF penalties iirst,
the offender is stripped and numerically
thrashcd with the sock, which IS
stocking filed with wet sand. second. Pc
is wavlaid some dark night and siientr
lacked IL death tv twenty members. IN
clu6ing seven recruits, thus the whole
twenty ave equally rendered guilty OF
murder. The police are sworn enemies -
the pushes. but 90 this dag hey are enc
tirelg ignorant oil the interior orEaniza-
ton Of thcse societies. arspita tAe elior-s
u Speciality imported detectives. Every
large Australian town possesses several
-t-.hrs. between zshich bitter rivalry ez-
ISIS. ANA often comes u q head in pitched
BATTLES With sticks ana stones. Some 81
the pushes aye II considerable Antiquity
for example. the Rocks push. The od-
est and most formidable gang was fouat-
ed as FAR back as 1871. All male youths
above q who Nva Oh push district afe
eligible Of election. on public holidays
toe pushes affect an attire rather Ike the
erion coster or that OF The stage cow
boy
like the pushes. The ~Bowery Toughs'
cf Een york Keep 80 the fiction 81 so-
cleI cfee f-t The toae's 90 rex work -
1ay 11ev l0af s. the cor1er groceries ana
rf,-lt+ rftlr1.enr tnn sLerez uT lle in wax