Great Train Robbery
Pierce's mistress
Miss Miriam
26 yrs. old, bad cough, first met pierce at bull and bear public house screwsman
Agar
screws man of The Great Train Robbery
Agar
Who was the Bug Hunter who ratted on pierce
Agar's mistress
Who participated in the jolly gaff
Barlow (officer), Pierce (drunk irishman), Clean Willy (snakes man), Agar (screws man)
What? nose is crapped
Barlow killed Clean Willy
Phrase: a bell tied to a dead person's body in a coffin so that if he were still alive, they would hear the bell ringing
Bateson's Belfry
"skipper" did not imply
an occupation but a way of life
what does Henry fowler go to pierce about
how to get rid of his std- thinks he can help him fix it
a rather severe and devout gentleman he rarely drank nor smoked, he has five kids, his first wife died and second wife was thirty years younger
trent
Phrase: basically an unknowing friend
unwitting accomplice
eel skinner
usually a metal worker gone bad or one too old to keep up with the furious pace of legitimate production
the setting for the great train robbery is
victorian England
stocky rugged man with a white knife scare across his forehead
Barlow
rotten row
"sexual outlet" vratod base within society and allowed prostitutes to intrude boldly into acceptable arenas of Victorian society such as
the guy at the beginning of the story that attempted the robbery and was not seen for a while; He was more than likely thrown of the train at the beginning of the story.
(spring hill jack) Jack Perkins
At the time, what were three reasons why several people would be willing to help out at a crime scene?
1) They usually thought that it was children 2) Firearms were extremely rare 3) The police force was pretty new and untrained
Explain how a lodging house of 8 rooms could be used. What is a "penny hang?"
A lodging house of eight rooms might take on a hundred boarders, each paying a shilling or two a week to live in "hugger-mugger promiscuity," sleeping with as many as twenty members of the same or opposite sex in the same room. ost bizarre example of lodgings of the period was the famous waterfront sailors' "penny hangs." Here a drunken seaman slept the night for a penny, draping himself across chest-high ropes, and hanging like
garroted for a uniform, said to be the head of pierces public house, cab driver, had a scar across his face
Barlow
specialist at hiding crimes (leopard) who got the key secretly in an unlawful manner
Andrew Taggert
this person helped with the leopard
Andrew Taggert
Pierce's loyal cabby driver who manages to commit other crimes like the murder of Clean Willy
Barlow
Who? cabby driver
Barlow
a thug at heart, hired by pierce for his Buck cabby worked for him for about five years
Barlow
Explain the extraordinary English domination at the time.
Because of the new railway system, they were way ahead of every other country. Thus they dominated them because of their amazing progress.
a guard on the railway who was bribed by Pierce to "turn away" during part of the criminal activity
Burgess
best snakesman available in London
Clean Willy
snakesman in at Newgate, escapes Newgate, helps with part of the robbery, ends up going to the police, killed by barlow
Clean Willy
What? snakes man turned nose
Clean Willy tattle-taled to the police on Pierce
senior partner of the firm Huddleston and Bradford
Edgar Trent (Mr. Trent)
over the detectives, tries to figure out what is going to go down with pierce- clean willy informed to him
Edward harranby
Who was the skipper, and what did he do
Henson and he got in a crate and watch the guards during the night for pierce
47, didn't know much of pierces background. brother in law to gear Huddleston , unwitting accomplice
Fowler
manager of the bank
Fowler
Who? eel-skinner
Harkins
skipper who kept track of the night guard's schedule for Pierce
Henson
the firm designated to arrange for the payment of British troops fighting he Crimean campaign
Huddleston and bradford
ow fast was London's population growing during that time? How many a day? What was the result of that growth?
London's population was growing at the rate of 20 percent per decade. The number of people in the city was increasing by more than a thousand per day, and even with massive building programs and densely crowded slums, a sizable fraction of the population lacked both shelter and the means to pay for it. ppl seen nights outdoor
Clean Willy's girlfriend
Maggie
snower, clean Willys girlfriend
Maggie
weakness was ratting, daughter was Elizabeth, the banks senior partner
Mr. Trent
What happened to Pierce, Barlow, Miss Miriam, and the money?
Nobody knows for certain what happened to them, however there were many reports. One report in 1862 said that they were living in Paris. Another report said they were living in New York. The money, however, was never recovered.
How did Pierce escape at the end?
Nobody knows for certain what happened. However, they think that the w h o r e that kissed Pierce, handed the keys to the cuffs. When the police put Pierce into the van, he unlocked his cuffs and drove away with his buddy. Later the officers were found in a ditch and the van was found in Hampstead.
Where are all the keys?
One around Fowler's neck One in Trent's wine cellar Two in railway office
mastermind behind The Great Train Robbery
Pierce
red beard, mysterious, aka John Simms, Andrew miller, Arthur wills, fund a large scale criminal operation, putter-up
Pierce
What does this story have to do with the Crimean War?
The gold being shipped on the train was being used as payments for the war.
What was the law concerning a married woman in criminal activity?
The husband was always responsible for his wife's crime.
Explain England by the middle of the 19th century.
The population has nearly doubled to 24m,and half the ppl live in the urban centers. Victorian england was a nation of cities.
expendable but has good spirits
a taste dog
Why was London such a perfect place for the criminal class?
You could rob a mansion and disappear within seconds with the complicated buildings.
what is a made dog
a dog that has experience fighting
a mary blaine scrob
a guard of the railway
is someone who is missing teeth
a gummer
slums
articularly since the slums, or rookeries, were refuges and breeding places for "the criminal class." hese slums existed in part because they were profitable for landlords.
transportation
being sent to Australia
knighted after the battle at Waterloo. he had a passion for card games and he wagered a crate of wine, but then didn't wanna part with it when he lost. he put an empty crate on the train and the people thought it was robbed
captain John alderston
he was known informant, pierce went to him to get five guns, and this guy ratted him out when questioned
chokee bill
famous mountaineer
coolidge
policeman
crusher
smashers job of "ringing the changes" meant
disposing of counterfeit money
a true soak meant a
drunk
clothes
dunnage
Give examples of the railroad revolution in England after 1830.
e new railways were privately financed, profit oriented ventures, drew plenty of criticism,
Phrase: a person who was too old to produce metals to sell so they would produce metals for a crime
eel-skinner
notorious axe murderous hanged in Newgate square
emma barnes
Women of the lower classes took on what type jobs?
flower girls, field workers, or any of a dozen lowly occupations.
why does pierce want the leopard
for the lady and we learn why later
Phrase: when someone lures another into a dark corner, beats them up, and takes everything they have
garroting
Phrase: public executions as a source of entertainment
hanging party
what is unusual about clean Willys hands
he has burnt palms and hands, he got this from working as a child around fires and hot metals
in order for pierce and agar to make it safely out of the trent resident Barlow creates a distraction. what does he do to cause a commotion
he puts rats in the dog pen so that they bark and cause a lot of noise
what is one fact about Edward pierce that is known for certain
his enjoyment of criminal activity
Daughters of middle and upper classes were raised for what? Did they work? Why?
it was terribly important that such women should marry. The failure to marry--- spinsterhood--- implied a kind of dreadful crippling, for it was universally acknowledged that "a woman's true position was that of administratrix, mainspring, guiding star of the home," and if she was unable to perform this function, she became a sort of pitiful social misfit, an oddity. she must not work for profit, or engage in any occupation that money can command, lest she invade the rights of the working classes, who live by their labor...."
Phrase: a staged event to distract everyone from what was really going on
jolly gaff
chubb
manufacturer of quality safes
prop a crusher meant
merely asking for an all out manhunt through the rookeries until the culprits were apprehended
police
miltonian
pierces mistress
miss Miriam
teddy burke
mobster who pickpockets. approached by pierce to act like he was robbing Trent
Phrase: dead snakes man
nose is crapped
what was not a characteristic of this time period
people in general were reluctant even unwilling to get involved when they saw a crime being committed
a master cracksman or burglar who over the years had accumulated sufficient capital o finance a large scale criminal operations
pierce
a tall handsome man in his early thirties who wore a full red beard in the fasion that had recently become popular
pierce
the putter up
pierce
Phrase: a person who finances a crime
putter-up
when a fast moving train passed a train standing at a station, both carriages had the tendency to be drawn together
railway sway
Phrase: dogs killing rats for sport
ratting
railway guard, wife was a sower, and his son was very sick so he needed the money
richard burgess
Phrase: a specialist in keys and safe breaking
screws-man
manner of trap, hinged door in the roof of the train
slapper
Phrase: the snakes man snitched
snakes man turned nose
Phrase: a small person able to get through small places when needed
snakes-man
child or a small man adept at wriggling through small spaces
snakesman
during the time in which. the novel is set, what occupation might cause a man or woman's clothing to glow in the night
someone who makes matches
What type places in London during the Victorian era could you find all social classes mingling together?
sporting events, gambling, entertainment
what was a common crime
stripping
Huddleston and bradford
the bank that supplied the gold
a ploy that works for a burglar because the footman of a well to do respectable household could normally expect a tip from a well dressed guest who arrives at in an elegant closed carriage
the carriage fakement
the most famous rookery
the holy land
what was snowing?
the lowest form of laundry stealing
the most dreaded English prison
the steel
what circumstances make it neccessary for the high rear window to be broken
the team put on a fake robbery. Miriam acts like her purse is being taken by a kid then the kid runs into the office and Barlow breaks the window
Explain the new Victorian Cities and their inequalities
they stank of poverty as subjects, as any society has ever suffered, the inequalities provoked many calls for a reform.
What is Bateson's Belfry
this is when people put a bell into the coffin to make sure if the person wasn't really dead they could signal the bell
why does pirece want a made dog
to use it as a way to connect with Trent to find out about the keys
folkstone
where the train went to that had the gold