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EDVARDW DIJWLAP, aliaj-"^plii-tbe-Winc; "
EDITED BY .J. CHALMERS DA COSTA, M. D., LL. D.
Samuel l). Gross Professor <>t Surgery, of ?ht> Jefferson Medical Collegre, I'Mlndt-lphin.
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Edward IT. Dttrilap rente of a fine southern
tily and received a pood education. Little wor*
y when the civ i ?'or broke out. he enlisted
the ' \ion ranks and ?erved u-ith credit. Toward
m In- 'entered the e'nlisinicnt service, and /im
.... career; benan by the robbery of fioon, for
ich n jirovoiit marshal was unjustly convicted and
(CONCLUDED PROM 1 .AST SUBC?AT)
CHAPTER XXX
Hold Thieves :ni?l Boarding House Thieves
N THIS b islni ss, the. risk of getting caught I?
great: arid to follow it a rriati must l>e noted for
eoOlnei and courage. Some men pre?
for to work jit night, when tho victim 1s sleeping;
lier?, in the daytime, when the room Is empty. Sem?
bor haphazard, going Into room .ifter room; others
come guests et n hoieli where they may remain for
yg waitlnB tor ? 1 muri. When they lind him
ey study his habits, und go Into his room tit just
e right time.
A common course of proCi V.r.. I? for one of a
np to register und Inn me n guest nt a hotel, ntul
r the others to come In later and tise his room as a
se of operations from which to work and to which
.
Sometimes rooms are prep red In the daytime, so
at they may be easilj ripened nt night, " lie ..-rows
a thkejn out of the lo k plate und afterward loosely
IriSerti 1 "o that a mi re push will open the door. In
ihy! c'nses, Hie Moor Is opened without previous
e para 11 on. If the guest has locked his door and re
? : from the lock, the lock Is openod with
skoletnh; if he has locked the door and left the
> Iii tlie lock, It is ensllj tun.ml with a pnlr of key.
Tin boll Is drawn by inserting through the
yliolf a piece of wire to which Is fastened a. string;
a ve'rj few minutes, tnc boll ceases to give trouble.
There are many means of obtaining access to
ardlng houses A thief may come under t!ie pre?
ise of cxamli Ii t the rooms, or he may pretend to
a ielephom ttin.it, a p'li tio timer, or some other
irkman. When h boarding house thief has stioceeded
? ; .: r ? ? m . i rtahle house, he usually
.Its ur.ril a ineni hour, and ..t that time cleans out
|>ed to practice a method ihnt 1
If. Me would water
?
iiioii.il, Va., was spending tw.
hie boarding house of. Mrs. So.
i ;<???;? a careful eye, to find out
.=i after that oflcr"? departure
Two or thti
fur from-' honi
Long John pursued his course for mnny year*)
without any serious mishap. At lust, he was collared
In Kentucky and sent to Jail. He died In the Fjank
fort Penitentiary.
<">ne of the best workers after John wil? Th?
ophllus George, who was commonly called Old Tho
pphllus. He was a workman, end nothing but a work?
man, and he was very persistent, lie was ns mean as
they made them, trusted no one. spent nothing ex?
cept what he wns obliged to, never drank a drop of
anything, and usually kept aloof from the mob; henoo
ho wo? extremely unpopular. He always had plenty
"f money, but would not lend his nearest friend a
cent; yet when ho died nt St. Louis, nothing wns
found.
a sad Incident In my experience ne a hotel man
was the shooting to death of Jlmmlo Bulllvon, which
took place In the Qayoso House, at Memphis, Tenn.
The Fhootlng was done by tho night watchman of the
hotel. On the evening of this unfortunate affair. Tnm
mle Mason of Philadelphia, registered, and Sullivan
was to work out of his room. Mason, although ho did
not know It, was re-rogni7.od by one of the guests, who
lipped It off to the ortlce. A watch wns placed, and
Mason and Sullivan were seen to enter the room. The
room assigned to Mason was near the end of the cor?
ridor, at the extreme end of which there was a retir?
ing room for men. Directly In front was a screen
running nerosp the corridor. About midnight Sullivan
com? out to graft. He wont to the retiring room, but
saw no one. The watchman was bidden In the room
? Irectly across from the one Sullivan had Just left.
Sullivan stopped at a room a few doors away from
his own. anil put the key-nippers Into the lock. The
watchman had cautiously opened hie door on a crack.
Seeing Sullivan at work, he drew his pistol and fired
ot him. Tho bullet struck the thief In the left side,
and, being ? No. 4f>, It inflicted a. fearful wound Tho
rep rt of the revolver brought out ail the puests. and
th( re was groat excitement a doctor, who was one
. f the ?;uo3ts. examined tho wounded man and said
that the Injury was mortal. Sullivan was taken to a
lital where he noon died. At the time of his death,
he was engaged to bo married to Long John's step?
daughter; and Long John was holding some $1000 of
Sullivan's money.
In li ss than six months after tho shooting, the
girl married Hob Wright, a hotel men who had worked
?Ith John for a good while. 1 have told earlier In my
memoirs bow I used t? work with Boh. At times, h<>
wns a crank and hard to get along with; and when
half drunk, he was u bit dangerous. He always
irrled a gun and as he hud used It on several oc
wo , IV? him a wide berth when he had liquor
In him?not through fear, but to avoid trouble.
In many of the big hotels th?? rooms were dead
eas) to enter, there being only a loclt and a bolt.
The bolt we would Usually fix In advance, by removing
tho nozzle, placing a bit of match under it. and scrntw
Ing it back Into position. This would keep the holt
from going In, and tho lock would he easily beaten
with tue key-nippers.
During my career a* a hotel thief. I beat most of
the leading hotels In the country. One of tho Cleve?
land hotels vv.-ls an easy mark; and in Philadelphia,
the Olrard House und La Pierre (afterward tho
Lafayette} were particularly easy. Tho Continents
Hotel was very hn.rd. It was beaten only by the niorti
Ir.jj ?renk, or when so ej-owded that muttresses were
put down In the parloi s.
Cm all tho room doors In this hotel there wer?
double locks, one Inside and cne outside, and two
keyholes tl did not communicate. Between the two
keyholes was ? thin Iron plate, which prevented the
door from being opened from the outside when it had
been locked on the Inside. There were also two inside
bolts. Hence tliM key-ntpp?rs were absolutely use?
less: and neither bolt could b?> reached through tho
keyhole In New York city the Astor House, the St.
Nicholas and the Metropolitan were all easy. Besides
these, there were a number of smaller houses?notably
ta. PreScott?that could be enHlly touched.
Speaking of the i'ontlnental Hotel. In Philadelphia
reminds me of a happening there that was of the most
exciting kind. The two chief actors in the affair were
General Itoiilnnger, who was here to lepresent the
French government at the Vorktown Centennial, and
Itlg Hill Connelly, a noted hot.d thief.
General B ulanger and a descendant of Lafayette
were the representatives of France. On returning
from Y6rktown, the Fronchman came to Philadelphia,
und registered at the Continental, a suite containing
the most celebrated room in the house--Parlor C?
Was assigned to them, a banquet was tendered the
distinguish-.! party in another section of the city at..-,
they .lid not return to the hotel until about A M.
About nil hour after this. Connelly, bv some un?
known method, the door hnvlng probably been left
unlocked, sii.c.e(ie,i in entering the room. While
? 'frisking" a pair of pantaloons, he got a rank tumble
and tried to run away. The nimble Frenchman was
riKht at his he.Is, shouting a? ho went A great com?
motion was raised, and many of the guests came out
of their rooms to learn the cause of the holse
Hill was collar, d on the. next floor, and was brought
up General Boulanger who, oh being told what had
happened, tried to shoot htm. ne would, perhaps, have
succeeded had he not been restrained
Connelly ??f taken Immediately to the station
house, und the next day was rnllroaded In , surprising
manner. The grand lury was m Seuston at that lime.
a irue bin was found, ana he was arraigned in court
11- pleaded guilty, was sentenced In tu- Ilastern
Penitentiary, mid landed there in tiim for supper a
PI Iladelphla paper ?m.l thai if Connelly had made an
attempt to roh anj one else a show would have been
given him; hut that th.le i;, with Which he was
sent up was the outcome of a desire to show the
Frenchman how quickly justice moves In the United
states. Connolly, like most of the mob, has passed
away
Hilly Jackson was by fir the. hist educated mnn
?f the n..,ii, and, with t!.<. possible exception of j.,..
Butts. !..? was th. b.st dressed, li Was perfectly
ObVlOUS to every one that he was b\ natura a man of
culture ami refinement, II? was a graduate of Trinity
Lollop ?. Dublin. Ho pleased every one in a hotel from
the proprietor oown to the bootblacks; ami It was a
saving among us that or.e could tell that Jackson was
in a hotel by th.. fa, t ih.,1 ..\ery whiter was carrying
two 'i ipklni Instead of one.
Jaeki :: obtained the biggest trick ever taken from
a hotel in the united Staus. The sum a?euri?d was
j ,i, ,,(,,, :-i\tc thousand of this amount was in United
State! currency and notes; of the I ,i .. u| France and
th.- remainder in diamonds,
The trick was taken from a ronrii In the West
i d Hotel, Long Branch, N." .1 i . owhei of the
proper t> was an elderlj and ercentil Frenchman
Who loved lavish display. His war ! oh, most ex!
iJ'nt ve and lie changed bis suit several linn ? h d r
V? hen changing hla clothes he also changed his
JCW?drr\ .I.on ha 1 ills. r :. r] \ ... by mere nc.l
t.t and. m a few days, had become certain Hin he
ii list bine a plant In his room, foi ho neve, jefl anv
thing ii the ? 1,111 ? .? alter making a change ..f jewelry1,
?
?''V'liV t'.'i' 'ai |'b I ? \tul '" I" Ho'- VVi
it as mil v" w-.s e , V ' '"i for a wl.il
?i ? i?d ar
? Of.- Iii I., I!
??h. ,? i. o,
?i? 'it. urn
stantlal, nn<l Jackson wns quickly convicted and sen
totu-c.! i" ten years In the penitentiary.
And now there happened the si rannest part of this
peculiar affair. The morning after Jackson hud been
sentenced, the Jailer, as usual, went to unlock his cell,
hut found the door open and Jackson gone. It wns
absolutely Impossible for him to have unlocked this
door from the Inside; so some unknown person had
unquestionably ope nod it from the outside.
The big Iron door that led from the Jail Into the
yard had also been opened. Tho all-important ques?
tion was who had done this, but It went unanswered.
The time of the sheriff then In office, was to expire
within a few days, and this caused some ugly rumors;
but nothing came of thom.
Jackson struck out from tho Jnll and walked to
Gloucester, across the linrren pine stretch of New
Jersey; and he arrived there a veritable Weary Willi?.
He crossed to Philadelphia, clenned up. went Im?
mediately to P.oston. secured a furnished room, and
dressed In somewhat shabby at tiro. Ha ?<>t his
money, determining to make another riant, nfter tho
manner of Captain Kldd. Purchasing a trowel, h*
vent out to tho Botanical Garden and selected what
seemed to be n sure spot, and one not likely to he
disturbed for many years. Hero ho planted tho
boodle, which was securely wrapped up nnd placed In
a tin box. He then returned to his room, a bit easier
In his mind thnn when he was walking around with
the stuff on him.
Jackson remained in Boston only n few days. He
then raised the plant, assumed the garb of a com?
mon seaman and. with a canvas dunnage bag under
his nrm and carrying a pair of sea boots, went on
hoard a ptenmer bound for Liverpool. His objective
point was London, where he arrived without further
adventure, and at once assumed the dress and he.
longings of n man of means and leisure. In London
he sold all tpe diamonds and exchanged nil the p.iper
tor Hank of England notes. Then he started olT on
a grand tour.
in Wiesbaden, staying at the same hotel with him
was an Austrian nobleman. This scion of blue blood
often got drunk, and when In this Hgreealdo condi?
tion, his valet would put him to bed and then go off
to enjoy himself. Jm-kson soon decided that this
nohlemnn was a dead-sure thing, njul he could not
resist the temptation to appropriate his property,
easily adding ?iOnfi francs and several line stor.es to his
already plethoric wallet. Tho next day. ho and the
Austrian nobleman met. and the latter told Jackson
all about how ho had been rohhed the night before.
Then the thief bought his supposed friend a hottle of
wine, paving for It with some of the stolen money.
For some years Jackson roamed about, leading n
life of luxurious ease, although he did not squander
the money, and occasionally took a tr!-k This was
an old habit of his that he could not resist.
An Interesting episode was how he beat nn Amer?
ican woman of considerable notorlet> in .Sun Fran?
cisco. She had made a great deal of money, mint of
which had been squeezed by blackmail from a prom?
inent mushroom millionaire. Jackson knew her by
sight, although sl.e did not know him: and ho wns
surprised to Bee her so far from home, on a P & ' >.
st. inter bound for Constantinople. She was looking
for suckers, nnd so wns he. When she saw him. sh*
Fl7.ed him up as a man of means, and decided to
annex him as n,n asset.
This woman was not only handsome, but possessed
many accomplishments; and she was a popular figure
wherever she went. Her maid, a perfect bundle of
d'.eit. was her mouthpiece, ami knew hnr part well.
She would tell all ah.ait her mistress ? her widow?
hood, her great Wealth, her goodness, her charity?In
fact, everything that would make madam prominent
and sought after.
After an elaborate play by these two sirens. Jack?
son was. as they thought, netted, but not landed. In
fact, tt was Just the contrary; for at Alexandria,
Kgypt be walked off With all her otamonde and about
f-. nnd did it In stich a manner that no tumble
could come to htm. She was all upset, but knew thnt
she had obtained her Just dues, and that tho thief
had her record, so thnt she could not squeal. ShO
made a strong effort t,, secure a big loan from Jack?
son OUt of the money he had stolen from her, whb h
was to he secured by her note, payable at a bank In
New York, but he did not feel thnt tt f/ns ssfe for
him to do this, and, kept born money and diamonds
She retained her reputation among the other pas?
sengers, whom Brio hoped to work; ar.d she and Jack
.- :. parte," good friends In telling me of this affair.
JnekBon said that the mistress ?-nd the maid wer? the
most consummate pair nf scoundrels that he had ever
met. nnd ihit he had no doubt they hnd made plenty
of mono;- after he had left them.
For seven iyears Jnckson wandered about tb?
earth enjoying himself, as one of our kind and class
naturally will, At the expiration of this time, believ?
ing that he was free from all chance of punishment,
he returned to the l.'nltcd States; At this time the
lnw, in most bf the states, presumed the custody of
the prisoner Hence. If n convict escaped and simply
remained awn-, foi the time specified by the sentence,
ho had legally served his time and was free
As Jackson would have earned three years' com?
mutation ;in,| had been seven years away. h? thought
that no I.arm could happen to him If he returned, hut
In this he was sadly mistaken Upon his return home
he made, n . ? ?.??< ilmenl of his Identity, but went
freely nbout He remained In New York for a short
time, and then wept t., st Louis; where he had lived
previous to the robbery When he had been In that
city about ., week, he was sitting one day In tho
"The nimble Frenchman was right nt his. heels"
.Iig :.; of Ih" Soulhern Hotel, when be was
.nil recognised bj Sergeant Tom Hennessy, who
htietv all nhout the escape, and Die reward offered.
He collared Jackson, took him to headquarters and
ilirricd him over to Captain dltln then Ihe chief.
Jackson could have been mi.i up. tf hi bad put
up the hiohey; but believing that he could not be
held; in would no| pity a eoni, Although be
on his person at that tlind * IO?O He obtained
? ?! and i writ of habeas corpus was sworn out;
bin when Captain Mills dw. thai ho was an escaped
convlel the judge remanded him to tail to nwrilI the
of the sheriff of MOhthotith county. N J. The
sheriff came on i once and claimed the prisoner. Ho
loi ;. in, hack to Freehold, the ctfunlv neat. and. hav
obtained a new commitment, delivered him Into
the CUStodj of tho warden of the state prison At
Trenton There he remained until discharged; two
yean and four months afterward.
on what laekson hnd been told by the-warden,
? e believed on hli commitment that the unexplred
pari ol the ten years would mean a three years' Sen?
tence and thai upon this he would he allowed commu?
tation; but the board of Inspectors decided that ho
musi seive every daj and could obtain no commuta?
tion Jackson then wrote a u-iter to the governor of
New Jersey, who had been his counsel al Ihe ftrsl
? rial Tho governor! answered htm. saving that
ihn lawyer, serving tho best interest- of his
citeni and Parket governor, serving the best
Ii Lerests of the Male,, were. legally, two different per
"Seeing Sullivan at work, ho drew his pistol and fired at hlra"
son*; and that Jackson must secure other counsel,
itils, he <-.t<1 a writ was sue.; Out, and the prisoner
was brought before Bennett Van Sycle. Jackson's
lawyer maintained that there should be commuta
Ti"-> on the three ? lr*' sentence; but Richard stock
t"t-.. >he attorney general, argued against 'his and
won. mo Jackson went bach to prison and served his
term.
The money and valuables that had been found
upon Jackson by Captain Mills were returned to him.
but wb-n the sheriff started hihi back for New Jersey
h- stripped 'he prisoner .-lean, and failed to turn tho
property over to the clerk of the state prison Jack?
son made a kick, hut the sheritf told him that he
could not pet the property; that It was not his. an 1
that It would be turned r,..rr fo the rightful owner.
General Men. th.-n keeper of the prison, learned from
Captain Mills the exact amount of money and Jewelry
that the prisoner had upon him. and then made a de
mand Upon the sheriff for the propertv. blit was re?
fused Mot I referred the as,- to the attorney general,
and ns the la tier's opinion was against the sherlftj
the wh.-.!- I.He was turned over to Mott. who placed
the money on deposit, \s n result. Jackson, on his
releast. was pi Id tho principal plus .; per cent,
Shortly ifiei I son's release he came to Phila?
delphia and hunted me up. and we were together for
some time, it was during this period of companion?
ship that he told me the foregoing story. He was
extremely anxious that I should go to Europe with
him, t. ning me that over there, t.-, one nice myself,
graft was dead easy; and picturing the glorious time
we could have I was afraid to go, how. v. r. for I
had read a good deal ? the old country's prisons, and
I weakened.
Jackson went to Europe and stayed several years.
He thet: returned, after which I no t" him one. in New
York city, and we had ti fine time together lie
staked mo liberally*, and then we parted. I never met
him again, although twice I tried to Hud him. but
:;....-.! I do not know whether lie is living f: dead.
1 hope he is living ,nd full ..f health, spirits, and
dollar-, for lie witS the pride of thf Whole mob?the
Beau Brunimel of the gan-.:
CHAPTER XXXI
Slang
LB MEN use slang more or lets, and each calling
has Its own partlriilMi slang words to distin?
guish certain technicalities of the business.
The clergyman; the physician, the lawyer, the
business man. the sailor, tne soldier and the working
man have them, Just as the broker speaks of ?puts"
and "calls- and of "bull!.- and 'lens." the thief
talks about "gophers" am! "pithians" and of "soupers"
and "slit t.g
There Is a general slang, common more or less to
all the wideawake people ol Hi nation; and there Is
the special slang peculiar tri the partli ular occup i" in
Some slang words last foi a while, e'h'joj great popu*
larlty, and the., die nut; some lasi t.-i generations. I
has.- Pen told th.il tin word "gdiiolf." which Is -till
used to mean 'hot. wii; us ?! in England some cen?
turies ago. Some slan;; words i.me good English.
and iniiny examples ot this nut) be given This shows
that, after all, ihe creation "t Hlang is an attempt to
make language, and that slang tniiv be defined as lan?
guage in the making, Some is r? looted, Put aomt Is
1 etalned,
Among thieves, slang is not, 11? the general pilbii?!
imagines, in.- common language of nil, professional
criminals, understand thieves' slant:, and some of iheni
use it largely; but ih< . ?,. . who do s.? ihe. rough
.st anil Hin lowest The lower tin llil-f. the more
slang he u.es. the higher (he Ihief, I In |. slang he
Use! TP- Sllk-Undershllt mob thai used to gallo 1 at
t'oggv b.'h would sometimes talk logether for hours
win, Bcrtrcel) Ihe use of ? slang word. It la like
tattooing, niton prneti.I I?) low-class thieve.-. Put
almost never bj ti.c of the li|gh eliiss
'I'll" English thief employs mui h more slang than
do, ;, the American. .Man., slang w <?: Is are common to
both; bill u ii.. a few ot' them are not I hive lio'ird a
considerable amount of English slung, l ot 1 am 1101
familiar with either Ihe well-knoun bo k slikng 01 the
rhv mlllg s'ang 01 London.
In these memoirs. I hnVo iiometlnies used ordinary
sl ing words an.; sometimes ihieve?' slang, to express
pai ii- ular situations und crooked -hill lilies; so 1
have eonsidered 11 advisable '?> tippend a glussnr) of
the slang words in general us- nnionc II - 1 Some
r.f ihe wo>.!: in this glossary are purely thieves' 1' iff,
us.-d bj no one else; but many of ihem are In genei il
in ??. ami will he at once understood b> an) sport or
rounder, although perhaps not b) the scholarly and
rellned reader, should euch a one peruse these
memoirs.
Glossary of Slang l -cd by Thieves
Asker?-A br^gar Onr tint Brnatls \ paejj of rnrds
asks for something. 11?ist a burl v ? rack.
Badger-pulle.-a panel thief V"'? /' < -a. I ...'i'k ?
Balmy Insane. "Doing ih. \ iVccRor
balmy" Is pretending te >?'? tint?A miifT
ias.in- Charlie?A night-watchman.
Barker?A plsiel. Cheese It -Stop work
Hn.u a lu.ige. a magistrate, Cheese cracking?Stop talking
Bi e Pa get ihe i?si "t To Christen; i" altei the nsrot "f
rob. "To beat a house " n maker In a stolen Watch.
Ben A Benjamin: an overcoat, < Kngiish slang.?
? r.cK.tsh slang. 1 Clerk* -Watch.
lilt \ r.iiiKl.'ir'a tool A term cty, er cloy- a pock-t.
In prison. Cly-fsker \ ptekpo. k't.
Bloke?A p- ntl. man noine. 1 Kngiish slang 1
limes a man who has le rn Copl.iisv?To hoinl the stolen
rohhed valuables om.-kly to unoihrr.
Bnbhl. \ country policeman. s.. thai ih.'v inav not h?
li..e.-.---ken-? A dririkiiiu bar. found en ihe ihiff. i ling
III ace- A burglar's 'eel. To 1 toll slant; I
no up to a p< rsnn and sn- Crack?A but rl.irv. Also us-d
hell a favor. 10 mean s nilstak?, a?, "a
Bracelets Handcuff-. Pad crack."
?h To get j?'iy from prts- Mug-Sin*1* face" A (tuple per-'
Mpperi
CUI It out?Stop doing It. or ?.??,,_ Divide
?">!' s?>lng It.
Dar.g-r-lar.d?The criminal life.
Darbte??Handcuff)
I'.i.'. A 'lark Untern.
Dead-one ? An old thtof who
? ?n no !' ng- r work
Dead to rich'-* ?' >rUinly; rJre
iv
Dicer?A hat.
1 ling It -Throw It away
r> v pickpocket,
Ii QplUrn
r.ar -otic
pose-A be.". T? SO te ?;?-?p
tr Hi
lat
p< r f n
Nut--Th? h'AA
? pffi e. i *h? signal.
Oxster?One,'* arm.
Pal?A criminal comrade
I ?i i-.::.? - C'-ilck-N- ?'-..i".r.g
money or diamond*, while
pretending to examine them.
Patter?To talk.
or any other i ,? .. 7 P'V? away
form io acquaint
Peck- Food
Douet?Put out! a*. "dou?? the pennyweight i.-.an?One
glim." put out th(
11 1 A wagon.
Drink?The river.
Drum -A drtnklri
thieves only
Ducket?A ticket.
' I iuk> - The hand.
light.
?IVI
oft?To take ? lor>k at
-A big wallfct
0 hide itolari properly,
til nr. individual to t>?
?tali ??? ? The robbed
Eni Ith ?lang ? prop -A stud
jney?A 1 ominon fund Puff?To open by means of ci
Into the hands of a plosives; a*. V> puff a go
pi.i r '
Punk?Break.
Pull a?M>-T. set away with
the "swag '
?d. to b* uted In caee of
ring
? llv
gopher To ri in put up?Io
fur change for a "eoppi 1
Isrg- d? nomination. Put-up Jc-b?One In
vlth Hp
whether much
is k- pi Irl t he safe.
st
Tmpfo
Put .il
participates
at?Divide; ne. "the
was put about."
?ell stolen goods ]t?ck<t-bny; Hue "t work,
receiver Reader-A pocketbook. (Eng
ilog j llsh ?lang. >
- Having had
for It;
?the door
fitted "
Flash .Thieves' languag
pan llashV Is to
thieves' language iKnglUh
slung ?
Flash--To exhibit.
Flat A ?tuidii person, A mark;
Flatty i-'tp-A policeman
Fill i-tl*m Kam? !- '' |ng down
n large note for change, and
key Reef-To lift the llntng of
of smaller Serev
t|on
Im nk not e (Englls
k?t bCi as to bring tho
pockerhonk to the top.
Reeler?A drunken person,
talk Regular -One s snare of th?
product of a robbery. (Eng?
lish slang 1
Sawdust--The greengnods t.-lrk.
Scoof?To eat.
Screw?A k'eper In a prison
s. rew yeair nut?To tum your
head.
til?
ery man?On? ?-h?
up and enter? win
bed
? awake j smart.
A detective
handkerchief. (Eng
ng.)
? Detective h'Udquar
lest pocket.
Rhelfl A knlf-.
, iridfl shlrl mob A cr?up
ef high ? cla.'f. pf.?perou?
ihlevci
Stur. or Stir?Jail.
Slag, 01 slang- A chain,
slop* - disappear;
Slough To lock up.
Slug To hit.
Quickly p.i?sed to. as,
'1 fluid; him a note.1'
Km eze 1 -Arrested
\ ? irl hl< ?? pr< fender.
Snide Mngrbss?A worthless
pretender) a man who I?
"no good."
r auper ?A wnlrri.
|,i r man A thief whose
.edol'v is opening ?ans.
loff ? A t hli f
iftr Dlnlionesl gain. Souper. r.r ?uper
,'ter One who 0!.tains gain Spark ,.\ diamond
I, honest I Speil To get .away
1 ? Quai State prison
A professional criminal
\ flat; ;i mnrk: n eiupli
dishonest hotsedealer.
definition would seem
Hid ni m ly all dealers,
so.
i..1 plain,
llaiig-i ut a 1" Igln?
Ham n" iv \ stupid thief.
H 'i \ gambling house
lloisth .-. kti i- V ?h?pllftei
A highway robber*
m v?A burglar
\ bank
\ pocket
\ pan of trousers
> bin
. hlld 1 English
Ki vif To criticise.
Knui k ? plckp icket,
1. in kle rlustei ? A pair ol
brass knuckles.
Komachei A eountcrfslltr
' 1 English sian? ^
Kust. r ? A trunk.
|,tm To get ?war, To hit
rial line of
01 1 upli s the attention.
r-A wallet.
?. ?,. ? or afraid.
\ till
rhe product of a
t o gamble
: pllt the wind To run very
fast
Split away To separate.
Squared It?Having s*iv?d the
s'at.- In jail for all the time
it mn claim.
Stall?One who nils a pick?
pocket by .lostlir.g hyetand
1 1 s. the \ let Im, ?tc,
Stamps?She es
Starring ? Dresklng; for ln
stahce, "starring a window."
St I ft Dead \ newspaper.
Stogies?Shoes
Stool?A "give away"; in ex?
posure.
Btool-pigeon?A crook who reg
iitarly Klves away informa?
tion IO |he pollee.
sneteh- a (entence; s bit,
Soupci twister?Ont who steals
watches fiein the pocket
S? lit I.oot.
Swagman One who steal* stlk
or other ."stly fatale? or
? 11 rIn largi quantities St a
I line
Til fh? 11 kel Offlce of a theA
p r To give
Tip off?To give, Information.
Toff?A high grade erook.
Tool The pickpocket that ac?
tually do. s the w ork, the,
"stall" merely nidir.g In It.
ork Tumble?A failure; a dlscov
I i'.sh'k'-ii ? A drinking place
frequented by both thieves
nnd honest men.
bushy?Drunk
Mace?To coei
threats
. Mag 1 "ooversatlon: talk
Magsman?A eonfldence man.
Mnulv -One's fist.
Mark A p.-rsoti selected tn be
swindleel. A hous. . itori 01
bank selected to be robb'd
Mark?To wateh; to observe.
Mnrkey?A i.afllock.
Mel-- A group ,,f c.ilmlnnl com?
panion! and colleasura.
ery.
Tum off T,, rommlt burglary;
es to nun off" a house.
Turned up-Discharged from
custody
Tin u-trh k- Droppinc a green?
back on the ne,nr hear a man
who is roun'lng money, and
then cnlllng his atiintinn to
It. Thinking that It Is his.
he stoops te, pick It up, when
a part of his pile Is lifted.
Uncle?A pawnbroker
hv means of t'nsloughed?A term indicating
Mint ihe wallet has lunt been
lifted from the pocket bv A
?dip "
Fp trv- river--sing Sing prison.
I'ii ore! up--Fall In hl? deal
tv. dge?Silverware.
tVeilgefeodei - \ silver ?pooa.
Wipe -A handkerchief.
Yeggman?a tramp burglar.
Yellow-Gold.