Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . artner to gangs that have terrorizedwhole provinces in organized bands of brigands, which mightswell into such a legion as followed the Wild Boar of , too, the footpad has had the craft to magnify him-self by the aid of dummies, like the Sicilian bandit who leviedtribute for years from a score of villages with the aid of somemasks and hats and ten men of straw. When a gang reached the size of a band of a score or more,the leader was usually
Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . artner to gangs that have terrorizedwhole provinces in organized bands of brigands, which mightswell into such a legion as followed the Wild Boar of , too, the footpad has had the craft to magnify him-self by the aid of dummies, like the Sicilian bandit who leviedtribute for years from a score of villages with the aid of somemasks and hats and ten men of straw. When a gang reached the size of a band of a score or more,the leader was usually distinguished by the title of chief, and, inthis event, he was raised in his own conceit far above the levelof the common footpad. It might be, also, that he wouldwear the title of count or some other lord of high degree, whichwould give him the privilege of being beheaded, instead of beinghanged like a robber who was not one of the gentry. It waspossible, however, for a footpad of humble origin and no par-ticular distinction of title to obtain a widespread reputation, ofthe infamous kind, even in the beginning of the present cen-.
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