“The yeggman skillfully evaded the security system and successfully cracked open the safe, leaving no trace of his presence.”

“The Bowery thug and yeggman are much more dangerous enemies to society than the average gipsy.”

“The yeggman, a strongly built slow talking man, looked like a skilled mechanic of a locomotive engineer.”

“With a few ounces of this stuff the yegg successfully attacks all but the most powerfully protected bank vaults in America today.”

“The practice was begun by country storekeepers who had become quite accustomed to yegg incursions.”

“This grizzled old yegg was a by-product of the Civil War, where he learned the disruptive force of explosives, which were useful to him in his profession of safe-breaking.”