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...band of gangsters headed by an archbully, Herr Engel in a letter to the CRIMSON appeals to the forces of law and order to stop the plot before it is carried out. In an unpublishable appendix to the letter, Herr Engel supports his case with an account of the gang's conversation which contains, among other things, the challenge to Herr Engel, which led up to the assault...

Author: By "alexander Engel.", | Title: Band of Cambridge Gangsters Pursues Him, Declares Herr Engel in Appeal to Law and Order to Foil Their Plots | 3/2/1925 | See Source »

...leader who pays their meal checks and poets them at the door, and like yeggs they will come to the assistance of their leader when he has been floored. Conveniently appearing as helpers and then as peacemakers does not change the fact that the fight lasted twenty minutes. The gang blocked business; they did not pay and they got their instructions three times from the bully. Rum, Riot and Rebellion come nearer, but Anarchy and Chaos, Conspiracy are the words which apply to a state of murder, of robbery, and of thugs...

Author: By "alexander Engel.", | Title: Band of Cambridge Gangsters Pursues Him, Declares Herr Engel in Appeal to Law and Order to Foil Their Plots | 3/2/1925 | See Source »

...need a new Joint he says and seeing how our old meeting place, the Subway Rotunda is soon to come down, why not have a hotel lobby to hang out in? And by gosh there is something in that that the Planning Board and the rest of the University Gang should not forget. Jimmie Waldorf $5G.B...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 2/4/1925 | See Source »

...termed, out of regard for the approaching holidays, the Christmas number, and paradoxically contains the best editorials and book reviews that have appeared in the Advocate for some time. There is, however, an anecdotal short story by J. N. Leonard entitled "How Christmas Cheer Came to the Bridge Gang' (in the form of five cases of rum), and a deeply religious poem by Whitney Cromwell, called "Christmas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas Advocate Approaches Its Highest Standards, Says Reviewer | 12/15/1924 | See Source »

...flowers, 1,000 automobiles, 10,000 people. His body reposed in a $10,000 coffin overlaid with gold and silver filigree, heaped with flowers said to have cost over $25,000. Largest offering of all was a seven-foot wall of carnations labeled, "To our pal-from the gang." Because the doors of the Holy Name Cathedral (where he once served as an altar boy) were closed against the funeral, "services" were held in an undertaker's small chapel. No priest officiated, so one Louis Altiere, lieutenant of O'Bannion, functioned as master of ceremonies. To a stringed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 24, 1924 | 11/24/1924 | See Source »

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