The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23

boil, eggs; hold ball Of tw1ne; adorn
flower pot; or use as a fruit or flower
holder when you dine Those are gem
uine hobos, but next to them are what
you might properly call yeggmen. Yhat
name is term applied just few
has deep belief in the saying "a
sucker is born every minute They
ter" or ":pling' on the sestem . Or
street very much. !, He would rather
put q "fy" (blister produced by acid)
on his arm, and properly bandaged,
openly work offices, stores, or prosper
Gus people and houses.
Or. If he sees in his rambles anything
that is not nailed down, he will adopt
jlt-lust SO it is petty. He will take no
chances of getting grand larceny
charge and going to the STIR He will
= beg or steal and, being by nature alert
and crafty, he win, E he runs across
something good, hunt up some g good,'
crook and put him onto it and be hap
py With a small cut out of the pro-
s sSeas simply fas %sag
or leg taken OF and inexperienced sifaas 9TH.
erwise; or they may be oldtimers who
have lost their nerve, and want to en-
JOY the world a little before they die,
and having all the instinct and per-
ception Of crsok-lacking only the
qualities that enable them to take the
field and make the onslaught, they form
bureau Of information at stated
percentage.
= The II :. other three over there, who seem
TO- be on good terms, who talk whole
lot, and seem to enjoy their talk and
be engrossed in it, are a little different
from the rest, yet the difference Is
hard to define. When they got off
freight train a while ago, they looked
up and down and around Then they
split up and scattered down the track
q short distance behind icehouse, coal.
shed and beer storage house. Then
yeggs, gave a CHEEKY hello, fellows,''
and received a welcome cordial and
differential, and then threw down some
coin and sent up for food and a vial
Of booze. What, do you think, is the
| attitude Of the hobo to the crookf How
does he regard himi
Some are SO dead to feeling Of pride
or self.respect, they are satisfied to 90
thru life you might .say-by hand.
away the last vestige Of manhood, as
few women descend into the last
slough Of depravity And all, while
even seoffing at those above I'm all
walks Of life) have a concealed adj
mlration for those who can and will
do that which they would but can Il do.
just as in olden times, Robin Hood.
and crooks Of that ilk were sometimes
admired, and extolled for their gener-
osity; just as the James boys gang
was excused and shielded for their
kindness to the needy, in the territory
which they secured, so is the crook adj.
mired by the vassals of the underworld.
The contribution Of the thief Outlines
| fills the stomach and warns the. heart
of the poor rambler thru hostile COM
munity. s. I
AS said before, IT is q misconcesp-
ton to thing that everyone ON the ros'1
is g thief Trey are verys few in fact
+ Criminals are as a rule SPECIALISTS,
and many are their specialties OF
course many are versatile; just as a
doctor might treat eye, ear, and. throat
or as man travelling for staple ar
ticle might carry, sideline. Your
ling any graft that he is not ex-
perienced in, and differing from the
workman, who generally thinks his trade
the most irksome, he believes that his
Is the only game to play.
| The cities are naturally the haunts
Of the crooked element, as they are
also largely the scene Of operations.
The country, or as you might say,
out in the open, is where You viii
find the horsethief, the highwayman,
4 the bank robber, the trainrobber; and
occasionally the counterfeiter. Of
course, in. the summer you will find
providers Of all degrees, but as gem
eral thing a crook used to the CITY
would be as awkward and i'll at ease
| as a farmer in city.