Category: Language & Communication
It is not with a view to sensationalism that this little work is undertaken, but with a sense of helpfulness, of social obligation. It is submitted for the perusal and study of all those public officers and professional servants whose responsibilities are such as to bring them...
It is not with a view to sensationalism that this little work is undertaken, but with a sense of helpfulness, of social obligation. It is submitted for the perusal and study of...
2. Part 2Current amongst pickpockets. The “tool”; the “jerve”; the “wire”; or the expert operator in a “gun mob” who lifts the money and valuable collateral from the victim’s person. Exa...
3. Part 3General currency. A burden; an attachment; a responsibility; an incubus. Examples: “I can’t see you tonight; I’ve got a Jane on my hip.” “What’s the use of taking more on your h...
4. Part 4Current amongst yeggs. A safe; a strong box; a “GOPHER.” Example: “The pete in the pig is a single H. H. with a drop,” i. e., “The safe in the hardware store is a single door, H...
5. Part 5Current amongst pickpockets. Picking pockets in a crowd as passengers alight from street or railroad cars. Example: “We scored more pokes in unloading them than we did in the br...
6. Part 6The stupendous losses suffered by business men of every class from the operations of forgers and utterers of false paper could be materially lessened if not wholly stamped out w...