"His strength of personality means that his leadership is never questioned. William rarely exercises his power over the Outlaws without conscience. William has a few arch-enemies – Hubert Lane being the most sought after. Others include Hubert's lieutenant Bertie Franks and other confederates. ---- Just William Just William is the first book of children's short stories about the young school boy William Brown, written by Richmal Crompton, and published in 1922. The book was the first in the series of William Brown books which was the basis for numerous television series, films and radio adaptations. ""Just William"" is also sometimes"
"gang, often called the Brummagems, led by Billy Kimber; the Camden Town gang, led by George Sage and the Finsbury Boys, led by Freddie Gilbert. The gangs rivalled those from north and east London led by Darby Sabini, Alf White, Alf Solomon and Dodger Mullins. The gang achieved dominance on the race courses and in London's West End by conquering the West End Boys, led by the McCausland brothers, and the King's Cross/Titanic gang led by Alf White. From the 1910s to the 1930s, they were led by the McDonald brothers, Wag and Wal, and battled the Sabini gang for"
"Charlestown Mob The Charlestown Mob was an Irish mob group in Charlestown, which figured prominently in the history of Boston for much of the 20th century. The gang was headed by the McLaughlin brothers (Bernie, Georgie, and Edward ""Punchy"" McLaughlin) and their associates, brothers Stevie and Connie Hughes from Charlestown. Some of its notorious associates included Will Delaney, Harry Hannon, William Bennett, Edward Bennett, John Shackelford, Frank Murray, Leo Lowry, Ron Dermody and Joe ""Rockball"" O'Rourke. They were involved in the Irish Gang Wars of the early to mid-1960s against Somerville's Winter Hill Gang led by James ""Buddy"" McLean. The"
"with William ""Dint"" Colbeck, right-hand man of boss Willie Egan. Standing of medium height, with blonde hair and blue eyes, Chippy Robinson became noted as the gang's best marksman. Target practice occupied most of his idle time. Robinson also possessed a near legendary temper, often fueled by alcohol. Chippy would frequently, for sport, empty his gun at the feet of a lesser member of the gang in order to watch him ""dance."" With Willie Egan's murder, the Egan's Rats went to war with the rival Hogan Gang. Chippy Robinson was suspected of participating in most, if not all, of the"
"membership allowed the gang to expand its operations, both geographically and by type. In 1331 they were joined by Sir William Chetulton of Staffordshire (already, says Bellamy, an ""infamous gang leader"" himself by this point), who had previously operated in Sir James Stafford's gang in Lancashire. In December 1331, the gang was joined by John Boson, an Esquire from Nottingham who held land off William, Lord Ros; Bosun's father had not only been an outlaw himself but had been an early associate of James Coterel. The Coterel gang were the subject of multiple presentments throughout their short career, and committed"
"have two major mobs. These being The Keane-Collopy (led by Christy Keane and younger violent brother Kieran Keane) and The Ryans (led by Eddie Ryan). There was a dispute between these two factions, and at one stage Eddie Ryan tried to kill Christy Keane, but his gun jammed. With motivations of revenge the Keanes executed Ryan. This would be considered a catalyst in the Limerick Feud. This led to war between the Ryans and Keanes, and eventually McCarthy-Dundon. Another crime family would appear on the sideline, after Wayne Dundon came back from Hackney, England (as he was deported back to"
"gangs agreeing to join the Crips, and they were converted from small independent cliques into subgroups (""sets"") of a gang within the larger gang. The Crips quickly became the biggest street gang in South Central by both numbers and territory, however, numerous gangs still resisted losing their independence. These hold-out gangs formed a similar alliance to combat the Crips' influence, branding themselves as the Bloods, and would become their fiercest rivals. Williams' former rivals, the L.A. Brims and the Chain Gang, joined the Blood alliance and became The Brims and The Inglewood Family Bloods, respectively. As leader of the West"
"a passing lyrical reference to a barmaid named 'Flo', and of course the iconic photo on the back cover of said album which features the members of the band lying face up, hands tied and appearing to be dead, much like the infamous historical picture of the Dalton Brothers '. William M. Dalton William Marion Dalton (1866–June 8, 1894), called Bill Dalton, was an American outlaw in the American Old West. He was the co-leader of the Wild Bunch gang and he was the brother of the founders of the Dalton Gang, Gratton, Bob and Emmett. Dalton was born in"
"to gather outside the Buffs Club on the corner of the Crumlin Road and Century Street, where their numbers were swollen by other young men from in and around the Shankill. The imposing Hodgen, who for a time had a red-white-and-blue mohican and had tattoos on his head of the Union Flag and the legend ""Oi! Skins"", became the most recognised face of the gang. The gang became involved in petty crime, progressing steadily into more violent activities and even formed a Rock Against Communism-styled band called ""Offensive Weapon"". Although Hodgen did not play with the group he and another"
"Sheldon Gang The Sheldon Gang was a Chicago bootlegging gang during the early years of Prohibition known for being the main rivals of the Saltis-McErlane Gang and the Southside O'Donnell Brothers. Formed by Ralph Sheldon in the months following the passage of the Volstead Act, the Sheldon Gang quickly became major liquor suppliers in Chicago's Southwest Side as well as a main supplier to Al Capone. The gang maintained an uneasy truce with the other rival gangs, until 1923, when a brief gang war broke out between the Sheldon Gang and the Southside O'Donnells until O'Donnell leader Edward O'Donnell was"
"the gang was issued to William de Paris and others. The only member of the gang to ever be punished was Eustace's brother the Rev. Richard Folville, Vicar of Teigh. In April 1327 de Paris sued John Marmion, 4th Baron Marmion of Winteringham for the wardship of William, the underage son and heir of the late Leicestershire MP and knight Sir William Marmion (a leading candidate to be the Knight of Norham Castle fame) and his land at Keisby, Lincs. William Marmion is not known to have been a tenant of de Paris so the legitimacy of this claim is"
"According to Williams' account of the meeting, what struck him about Washington was that, besides being incredibly muscular, he and his cohort were dressed similar to Williams and his clique, wearing leather jackets with starched Levi's jeans and suspenders. Washington proposed to Williams they form a confederation of the gangs under their influence in their respective areas along with another teenage gang leader called Mac Thomas in Compton, to form a single large street gang. The proposal would see Williams' gangs adopt the Crip branding and would be allied with other Crip gangs outside of the West Side, but would"
"Valley Gang The Valley Gang was an Irish street gang in Chicago, Illinois during the early 20th century and was later allies of the Chicago Outfit under Al Capone. Formed in the 1890s, the Valley Gang was based in Chicago's Bloody Maxwell section on 15th Street, specializing in pickpocketing and armed robbery. By 1900 the gang had become a leading force in the Chicago underworld, later rivaling Ragen's Colts, hired out for illegal activities ranging from labor slugging to murder for hire. During the mid-1910s, the gang was led by Paddy ""The Bear"" Ryan, who, operating from his South Halstead"
"McKenna, and Mickey ""Mean Machine"" Murphy to join the ranks. Irish-American organized crime outfits are still active and form the backbone of organized crime in South Boston and the greater Boston area. The Irish Mob War is the name given to conflicts throughout the 1960s between the two dominant Irish-American organized crime gangs in Massachusetts: the Charlestown Mob in Boston, led by brothers Bernard and Edward ""Punchy"" McLaughlin, and the Winter Hill Gang of Somerville (just north of Boston) headed by James ""Buddy"" McLean and his associates, Howie Winter and Joe McDonald. It is widely believed that the war began"
"numbers with frenzied brutality and reckless nerve. Crippled by arrests and murders, the Bottoms Gang had ceased to exist by the time America entered World War I. The Bottoms Gang had their roots in the political gangs that infested St. Louis city wards at the beginning of the 20th century. One of the most powerful was headed by John ""Bad Jack"" Williams, a former detective turned gangster who acted as an underworld liaison for Democratic political boss ""Colonel"" Ed Butler. Bad Jack Williams's crew was headquartered at a saloon at the corner of Nineteenth and Chestnut streets in a neighborhood"
"and their leader, a man called ""Bill, or the King"". Matthews' delusions had a definite political slant: he claimed that the purpose of this gang was espionage, and that there were many other such gangs armed with Air Looms all over London, using ""pneumatic practitioners"" to ""premagnetize"" potential victims with ""volatile magnetic fluid"". According to Matthews, their chief targets (apart from himself) were leading government figures. By means of their ""rays"" they could influence ministers' thoughts and read their minds. Matthews declared that William Pitt was ""not half"" susceptible to these attacks and held that these gangs were responsible for"
"John H. Riley developing it into a monopoly. Owing to the absence of competition, they were able to charge high prices for their goods, angering many in the area. By 1877, with the backing of wealthy rancher John Chisum, rancher John Tunstall and businessman Alexander McSween opened rival businesses, enraging Murphy and Dolan. Murphy by this time was in the first stages of cancer, but remained involved in decisionmaking for his business. He, Dolan and Riley hired the Jesse Evans Gang and the John Kinney Gang, both outlaw gangs of the time, to goad Tunstall into a fight. Both gangs"
"the only one who survived by being sent to prison. McLean was also killed, by Charlestown's Hughes brothers, and leadership of The Winter Hill Gang was taken by his right-hand man, Howie Winter and mentor, Joe McDonald. The remnants of the Charlestown Mob were then absorbed into the Winter Hill Gang, who were then able to become the dominant non-Mafia gang in the New England area. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, another mob war was taking place in South Boston between two other Irish-American gangs: the Killeen Gang, which controlled bookmaking and loansharking, and the Mullen Gang, which"
"with a group of young loyalist friends, who ""got involved initially in petty then increasingly violent crime"". Members included Donald Hodgen, Sam ""Skelly"" McCrory, ""Fat"" Jackie Thompson, James and Herbie Millar. Adair, Hodgen, McCrory and Thompson were classmates at the Somerdale School on the Crumlin Road. Although the gang still officially attended school, they would frequently play truant, take a bus into the countryside and consume large quantities of cider. The gang regularly congregated outside the Buffs Club on the corner of the Crumlin Road and Century Street, where their numbers were swollen by other young men from in and"
"much-needed and well-paid work, the murderous brutality of the gang had turned the residents against them. At Goudhurst, the people formed the Goudhurst Band Of Militia led by ""General"" George Sturt, a former army corporal. Enraged by this defiance, Thomas Kingsmill, a native of the town, threatened to burn the town and kill the residents, setting an appointed time, 21 April 1747. When the gang attacked on the appointed day, the militia were well enough trained to shoot dead Kingsmill's brother George in the first volley of a battle fought around the church. Two more smugglers died before the gang"
"known as Scotch Jock, Jack the Devil, and King. Bluecap assumed leadership of the gang as it committed many audacious raids, robbing stations and travellers in an area covering Young, Griffith, Narrandera and Tumut. It earned a reputation as the most formidable gang in New South Wales. After raiding a station owned by Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh, the gang crossed the flooded Urangeline Creek with mounted police in pursuit. One gang member, Hammond, drowned in the process. This first incarnation of the Bluecap Gang disbanded soon after. White Chief was eventually caught and sentenced to death but this was later commuted to"
"own interest in the riding machines. Lewis claims that Monk rented bicycles out of his Broome street bird shop, and that an associate opened a club in Monk's honor called ""The Squab Wheelman"" (after the boss's twin passions—pigeons and bicycles). Eventually, the gang became involved in rivalries with other local gangs such as the Yakey Yakes and the Five Points Gang, warring over both territory and work as political sluggers for Tammany Hall. The Eastmans dominated the gang war during the first year as gang members rallied under Monk Eastman in pitched battles in the streets of New York reminiscent"
"someone tipped police to the gangs hideout. Dunlop was not well liked by the gang due to the fact that he drank heavily and liked to brag while drunk. According to other gang members Dunlop was also abusive to Ma. Around this time Fred started a relationship with Paula Harmon, widow of bank robber Charles Harmon. Karpis did not approve of Paula, considering her to be a ""drunk"" and a ""rotten choice, though you couldn't tell that to Freddie"". The gang became nationally notorious in 1933-4 when they organized the kidnappings of local businessmen William Hamm and Edward Bremer. The"
"Billy Hill (gangster) William ""Billy"" Charles Hill (13 December 1911 – 1 January 1984) was an English criminal, linked to smuggling, protection rackets, and extreme violence. He was one of the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in London from the 1920s through to the 1960s. He project managed cash robberies and, in a clever scam, defrauded London's high society of millions at the card tables of John Aspinall's Clermont Club. Hill was born in St Pancras, London to Amelia Jane (née Sparling) and Septimus James Hill, who married in 1895. Growing up in an established criminal family, Hill committed his"
"and various underworld activities with each other. Other criminal groups active at the time included the Westside Mob, a combination of Wyandotte area mob boss Joseph Tocco, known as ""The Down River Beer Baron"" and the La Mare Gang based in Hamtramck, led by Chester ""Big Chet"" La Mare. Subtle rivalries continued throughout the 1920s between the various Detroit Mafia factions, but for the most part the top Mafia groups maintained a working alliance under Sam Catalanotte. It was not until Catalanotte died and more serious Mafia rivalries and conflicts originally based in New York between the nation's two most"
"to drill two bullets right into Ridgley’s chest that would kill him minutes later. This event would be the last time Irish Tom or the Daly Gang would appear or be mentioned in the news or records after. Daly Gang The Daly Gang was a notorious, though now unknown, bandit gang who operated in Aurora, Nevada and its neighboring parts. The gang was named after its leader John Daly but was masterminded by a boss only known as “Three-Fingered” Jack McDowell. The gang terrorized Aurora and was infamous for their armed robberies and shootouts. They were also known for their"
"first harassing him legally, then trying to goad him into a gunfight. They hired gunmen, most of whom were members of the Jesse Evans Gang, ""aka"" ""The Boys."" Tunstall recruited supporters of his own: half a dozen local small ranchers and cowboys from those who disliked Murphy and Dolan. These men worked his ranch and protected him while he tried to settle his conflict with Murphy/Dolan. One of Tunstall's employees was the 18-year-old William Bonney (""aka"" Henry McCarty, ""aka"" William Henry Antrim, ""aka"" El Chivato, 1859 [?]- 1881). He was later dubbed as ""Billy the Kid"" when leading a gang"
"out in Bakewell they were brought sustenance by local man Nicholas Taddington; Taddington also showed them secret paths around the countryside. Occasionally the gang had to actively forage for food, and William Pymme is known to sent his servants and members of his household out for this purpose. The gang enjoyed support within local officialdom as well, including at least six bailiffs in the High Peak district. They were supporters although not necessarily active members, a group which included at least seven local men who attended parliament during the decade. Another ""clandestine ally"" was Sir Robert Ingram. Ingram was a"
"its eleven members survived into the 20th century, and all eleven met violent deaths in gun battles with lawmen. The gang consisted at various times of William ""Tulsa Jack"" Blake, Dan ""Dynamite Dick"" Clifton, Roy Daugherty (a.k.a. ""Arkansas Tom Jones""), William Marion ""Bill"" Dalton, Bill Doolin, George ""Bitter Creek"" Newcomb (a.k.a. ""Slaughter Kid""), Charley Pierce, William F. ""Little Bill"" Raidler, George ""Red Buck"" Waightman, Richard ""Little Dick"" West, and Oliver ""Ol"" Yantis. Additionally, two teenaged girls followed the gang, known as Little Britches and Cattle Annie, and informed the men about the location of law enforcement officers whenever they were"
"Side Gang, which had taken over the formerly legal breweries and distilleries in that part of the city giving them massive profits from illicit production of alcohol, in addition to shakedowns and other rackets. Often described as mainly Irish-American, after O'Banion's death the North Side Gang was successively headed by Hymie Weiss, Drucci and Bugs Moran who were respectively of Polish, Italian and French descent, while the most influential members who never became leader were Louis Alterie, of Spanish parentage, Samuel Morton who was from a Jewish background, and the German Albert Kachellek. Though a leading member of the relatively"
"1870s. Billy the Kid briefly joined this group before going to work for John Tunstall. Evans's gang, a loose-knit consortium of desperadoes known as ""The Boys"", ended up fighting against the ""Regulators"" during the Lincoln County War. Because of the time frame, the location, and his friendship with Martin, Curly Bill Brocius may have been a member of the Evans gang, as well. William Brocius William Brocius (1845 – March 24, 1882), better known as Curly Bill Brocius, was a gunman, rustler and an outlaw Cowboy in the Cochise County area of the Arizona Territory during the early 1880s. His"
"an armed robbery at a bank in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. During his imprisonment, still in control of the crime family, Damian and Derek Noonan were forging links with other notable Manchester gangs including the Cheetham Hill and Salford gangs. The Noonan family tended to have nothing to do with the Moss Side gangs, although Desmond was part of a group who provided gangs with guns and other weapons. After involving himself in Manchester's nightlife, Desmond started to become involved with other criminal and political circles outside Manchester. He went to forge links with gangs in London, Newcastle and Liverpool. It"
"in Barnsdale and Sherwood Forest"". Coterel gang The Coterel Gang (also Cotterill) (fl. c.1328–1333) was a fourteenth-century armed gang which flourished in Derbyshire. It was led by James Coterel—supported by his brothers Nicholas and John—after whom the gang is named. It was one of a number of gangs to roam across the English countryside in the late 1320s and early 1330s, which was a period of political upheaval with a concomitant increase in lawlessness in the provinces. Coterel and his immediate supporters were of the gentry class, and, according to the tenets of the day, were expected to assist the"