Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-17
WAR rROrlrEERS BANKRUPT
MANY BRITISH THEATRES
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eies that are the salachcs" Of q great
CITY.
mo ras, End hoollran is twin TO
thu apaehs of the Parish boulcvards.
t'oilvwing his fssrlsian brother nc =
ready to attach, rob. and seriously
Mound IL ID Is quito safe for himself.
Al is NOT his general custom TO
,artN icadcd firearms. His inlple-
nen,s AT warfare arc usually
,au,aloeous hooking sticks and wcighted
hoils. which ne can. and does use with
areat eject when occasion demands.
ill= belt has a heavy metal clasp which
Is useful to hifn for ightng or stun
ming 4 stmnegr before robhing HIM.
Mhen he does resort 60 firearms he
eenorally carries a small Derr'1ger
platd which he Is not slow to use.
rhore IL 10 limit to the cunning and
gr.ftn.ss ct the London hooligan. He
b. o. to every trick. aud as slippery
an All oll. Nne can see him very
niaht in thc last End streets. He
can he rccogniged by the way az a
ennee. tie h usually short and slight.
With the alert. anxious look ON. can
compare with a C0ckneN toN-ttrrier.
a akiah cap. pulled down Well over
HIS eyes. with mutlier round his
throat. IN his al hooligans are united
in their distaste for collars as well as
for honest work.
The t.nu.lon h0ulighn h. not brave
COURAGE 81 not a Nirture that can he
attributed 90 HIM. For this reason he
generally works IN gangs. and the
metropolis Is completely surrounded
hy attachments uf this army Of young
criminals who prefer the freedom and
chances 81 thc street 20 honest work.
lfcre arc 4 few Of the names hy which
some 81 these handed gangs are
known.
The silver Hatchet Gang, (iioXtcn).
rhe' Nnucklrdusters dslingtonp.
The Rcd naggers tCicrkcnwclD.
The Bow Boys.
Tho Now Girdlc Gang Oamheth).
The old Ford BOYS
The Bcrmondsoy Bruisvrs,
Thv Rlackfrmrs Gang.
The Bcthnal Green Boys
The BLACK Hand Lads tClerkenweln
Tho Hackney Bruisers.
Tho Dcptford Terrors.
The police generally know when
trouble is brcwing among the gangs.
Al there Is little doing in the way Of
attacks on strangers. they nght among
themselves. When knots Of these
lads arc seen whispering together al
street CORNERS. trouble is in the wind.
sometimes the morc important battles
between the gangs are arranged two
or three nights beforehand. The lads
viii make a sudden raid which has
been carefully planned. 4 rival dis
trict will b. visited. an choosing dif-
lvrcnt routes and the concentra ting
on given point to smash up the
enemy. In the pitched battle heads
are broken, windows and glass smashed
by stones and belts Knives are freely
uscd.
\ few years hack when the hool-
gans infested the river bank and
canal sides. garroting was a favorite
'iastime These spots are nov con
trolled hA plain clothes police Even
nov the youths who haunt the river
hanks are hooligans Of the worst type.
Frequently the little game OF pitch
and toss which Is apparently being
played il only a device 90 reassure the
stranger. who. stroning alone III the
dusk or az night might become sus-
plcious and 50 be- persuaded TO take
guarded measures. These and similar
lnCidents are occurring daily in the
metropolis, the average man ia the
street being entirely ignorant of the
tragedies of London's underworld.
Every year there are hundreds Of
ulS sfcrious missing" tragedies in Lon-
don. Men women and young girls
ltaat.f.gas. fhrtF Fnaaea tl,.fr l,ur,,e.v 80,
moruing bright and happy. and are
never heard of again. The respect
able head 81 a respectable home reads
hts morning newspaper and explains
murders. suicides and robberies to his
Umld wife with worldly satisfaction.
bui the sudden Disappearance Of people
oui of tse crowded city into nowhere
that Is snmething he can not explain
away. Perhaps IN many eases. the
London huoligan could fill in the void
could lay bare many Of the secrets
Involved in these sudden mysterious
DISAPPEARANCE.
Hritain's New Air Fighter.
London. june lon a secret aero
drome just outside London. patrolled
d. armed guards and fierce watch
dogs. the British Air Ministry Is build
ing wonderful new aerial cruiser.
The workmen engaged upon its con-
struefion are pledged 70 secrecy: no
oue knows for what purpose the craft
II 20 b. used There are whispers
that Il viii entirely revolutionize war
fare on sea.