Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . ores has been blurred of late years, asbefore noted, there is still a real mark of division betweenthe gangs, whose chief aim is the cracking of safes, and thegangs who break into stores for the purpose of stealing silksand other costly goods. These robbers of goods are in turn divided into two classes,the first and weakest being the petty thieves, usually youngfellows beginning to dabble in crime, who are content witha sudden dash into small retail stores t
Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . ores has been blurred of late years, asbefore noted, there is still a real mark of division betweenthe gangs, whose chief aim is the cracking of safes, and thegangs who break into stores for the purpose of stealing silksand other costly goods. These robbers of goods are in turn divided into two classes,the first and weakest being the petty thieves, usually youngfellows beginning to dabble in crime, who are content witha sudden dash into small retail stores through broken win-dows or trap-doors and the hasty grabbing of coats, hats,shoes, or cheap furnishing goods and bric-a-brac. Usuallythese prentice hands in burglary are neglected children,tempted by actual want or excited to their petty imitationsby the parade of older thieves or by flash stories of rob-bers. Sometimes these boys are actually banded togetherin organized gangs, in which the oldest, boldest or craftiestis made the leader, and have regular meeting places inuntenanted stables or shanties or hiding places in wood
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