Word: ganges
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...There must be a sequel to such brutality, a sequel, I pray, of retribution. What has been done with fascist murderer Red Thomas and his gang of cutthroats? What is being planned for Seattle's callous jailers that might jar them back into the 20th Century...
...when he delivered bootleg whiskey to their rooms, though their customers sometimes objected. Because he had never been in jail, he was picked by racketeers as front for a movie-ticket racket. He made $50 the first week. But he knew he was headed for the chain gang. He saved his money, stole everything he could lay hands on, pawned it, and fled to Memphis. There he began to read Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, and to see the white men around him in a different light...
...Tobacco Road Gang was not discouraged. They threatened camp officials with violence. To underline their defiance they overturned mess-hall tables loaded with food, invaded the storeroom and ripped open bags of flour, smashed eggs and jars of mess supplies and dumped beans, rice, coffee onto the floor. Once they broke into the camp store and destroyed food and soft drinks. Camp Manager Karl Walz reported: "They said they were seeking an outlet for their frustration...
...about the situation, Lieut. Colonel Simon P. Dunkle of Selective Service headquarters went to Germfask. He admitted there was little that could be done, without a new law. At week's end, while a few better-behaved C.O.s tried to do all the camp chores, the Tobacco Road Gang lolled on their bunks...
Said Stanza II: For a year El Gitano's gang, beloved by the local peasantry, eluded all searching parties. Finally, Mexico's President Manuel Avila Camacho sent a general to Sinaloa. The general carried the President's promise: if El Gitano would surrender, he would not be shot. Flattered, El Gitano agreed...