Identifier: historyofvagrant00ribt (find matches)
Title: A history of vagrants and vagrancy, and beggars and begging;
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Ribton-Turner, C. J. (Charles James)
Subjects: Tramps Begging Poor laws
Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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all children may curse me, and that I may die alone. I also swear that if any brother turns traitor, I will aid, to the utmost of my ability, in bringing him to punishment, and carry out, without shirking, all orders of the duly elected officers of the brotherhood, to that end, whether by fire or water, club, knife or halter. Here the twelve painted Tramps gave a grunt, a long groan changing intoa roar, flung their clubs in a heap on the ground, and resumed their places in the circle. After a few moments pause, the twelve men, who were called Executioners, again stepped forward, and Chivvy was instructed to hand them each a knife, when the same ceremony was performed as with the clubs, varied only by placing the knives across the novitiates throat, instead of over his head. Then the halters were placed around his neck, and the ceremony repeated for a third time. After this, Coaltar George placed a black bag over the novitiates head, and tied it round his neck, while the twelve executioners
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