History of Gangs in the United States - SAGE Publications …

area, including the Chichesters, Roach Guards, Plug Uglies (named after their large plug hats), Shirt Tails (distinguished by wearing their shirts outside their trousers), and Dead Rabbits. Haskins (1974) explains how the Dead Rabbits were so-named when, “at one of the gang’s stormy meetings someone threw a dead rabbit into the center of the

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