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Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 21: ‘I caught this feller doin’ so and so! He’s a lazy loafer, judge,’ [the policeman] says to the magistrate.at so-and-so, n.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 21: ‘I caught this feller doin’ so and so! He’s a lazy loafer, judge,’ [the policeman] says to the magistrate. Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 126: The [detective[ agencies know the face and record of practically every man who ever flew a bit of bad paper in the United States, in England, or on the Continent.at bad paper (n.) under bad, adj.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 175: Once, a cabby, not recognizing Vittozzi, overcharged him.at cabby, n.1
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 82: The little boy who is driven out of the tenement onto the street [...] finding no wholesome place to play, he joins a ‘gang’ and begins an incipient career of crime, may end in the ‘death house’ .at death house (n.) under death, n.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 136: The next step was to find the forger. Of course, no man who does the actual ‘scratching’ attempts to ‘lay down’ the paper.at lay down, v.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 21: If the prisoner is arrested by head-quarters detectives, various efficient devices to compel him to ‘give up what he knows’ may be used.at give up, v.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 234: When the Italian crook is actually brought to the bar of justice at home, that he will ‘go’ is generally a foregone conclusion.at go, v.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 231: [W]e occasionally find an Italian, like Paul Kelly, leading a gang composed of other Italians, Irish-Americans, and ‘tough guys’ of all nationalities.at tough guy, n.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 231: They are known by the euphonious name of ‘Waps’ or ‘Jacks.’ These are young Italian-Americans who allow themselves to be supported by one or two women, almost never of their own race.at jack, n.1
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 126: The [detective] agencies know the face and record of practically every man who ever flew a bit of bad paper in the United States, in England, or on the Continent.at fly a kite (v.) under kite, n.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 12: [I]f ‘arrest on suspicion’ were not permitted [...] away would go the crooks and off would go the silverware, the town would be full of ‘leather snatchers’ and ‘strong-arm men’ [etc].at leather-snatcher (n.) under leather, n.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 112: There are in the city of New York [...] about one hundred and fifty licensed detectives. Under the detective license laws each of these [...] [may] employ as many ‘operators’ as he chooses.at operator, n.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 170: [T]hey are a shoddy lot compared to the ‘bravos’ of the last century [...] a lot of cheap crooks—‘pikers’ compared to a first-class cracksman.at piker, n.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 114: In the case of a murderer, in a majority of cases, his capture is the result of skilful ‘roping’ by an astute detective who manages to get into his confidence.at rope, v.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 136: The next step was to find the forger. Of course, no man who does the actual ‘scratching’ attempts to ‘lay down’ the paper.at scratch, v.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 165: [A] shocking picture of municipal depravity, in which Casale appeared as recommending criminals to public office, selling places for cash, and holding up payments to the city’s creditors until he had been ‘seen’.at see, v.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 170: [T]hey are a shoddy lot compared to the ‘bravos’ of the last century [...] a lot of cheap crooks—‘pikers’ compared to a first-class cracksman.at shoddy, adj.
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 231: They are known by the euphonious name of ‘Waps’ or ‘Jacks’. These are young Italian-Americans.at wop, n.1
Courts, Criminals & the Camorra 46: Now a curious feature about the evidence ‘worked up’ by reporters for their papers is that little of it materializes when the prosecutor wishes to make use of it.at work up (v.) under work, v.
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