FOLLOWING CHICAGO.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21266, 21 February 1931, Page 16

FOLLOWING CHICAGO.

GANGSTERS IN GLASGOW. A story of terrorism by gangsters reminiscent of Chicago, was told in the High Court, Glasgow, when Lord Anderson sentenced John Ross, aged 22, to 18 months’ imprisonment for assault. Ross, who, it was stated, was known as the “Razor King,” and is the leader of a, gang called the “Billy Boys,” had admitted having committed a serious assault during an attack by 40 gangsters on one man. A girl who saw that the victim was in danger of being kicked to death, flung herself on top of him and saved his life. She has since been attacked by several of the gangsters, and one man has been arrested. Mr T. M. Taylor, who prosecuted, said this gang used to be 800 strong, but it had now been reduced to 400. Describing the methods of the gang, he said that when one of the members considered himself, injured he reported the matter to the gang, which lay in wait for the victim, and, without inquiry, fell upon him and “beat him up.” When a gangster was arrested the others blackmailed shopkeepers and others to obtain funds for his defence.