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Deadly arsenal

Caption: "Deadly arsenal--Here are hatchet, wrenches, knives, sawed-off pool cue, lead pipe, and heavy-buckled belts collected from teenagers by police as they headed off inter-gang battles last...

Cocktail party balked

Caption: "Cocktail party balked--Detective Michael Walsh of Brooklyn West Youth Squad examines homemade 'Molotov cocktails'--gasoline-filled bottles with gas-saturated wicks--which were among 20...

Seized in gang war

Caption: "Seized in gang war--These [eleven African American] teenagers were among 18 youths booked at the Liberty Ave. precinct after a gang feud broke out in Brownsville. Three were wounded and...

Weapons thought intended for gang warfare

Caption: "Weapons thought intended for gang warfare--Assistant District Attorney Jacob Weinberg examines weapons seized in Brooklyn Heights gang roundup. Note zip guns, knives, lead pipe, and...

Peace parley

Caption: "Peace parley--Assistant District Attorney Jon E. Cone, County Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz and Police Capt. John B. Goodliff, seated, left to right, facing camera, confer with members of...

Gang war nipped

Caption: "Gang war nipped--File of teen gang members leaves Classon Ave.station house after being rounded up by police as they moved into battle in Fort Greene Park."

Dog tag

Caption: "Dog tag--Rounded up 'warriors' of teenage Hawks gang carried membership cards bearing, at bottom, motto, 'Til death do we part.' It may be ungrammatical, but police said the sentiment is...

Warriors nabbed in roundup

Caption: "Warriors nabbed in roundup--Some of Borough Park teenagers seized by cops cover up in station house while others laugh and one, right center, gives photographer a 'Bronx cheer.' ..."

Gang war suspects queried

Caption: "Gang war suspects queried--Assistant District Attorney John Miller, holding gun, questions Harvey Charles, center, and George Saunders about the teenage war in Prospect Park. Weapons...

Youthful muggers quizzed

Caption: "Youthful muggers quizzed--Accused of mugging a man on a Park Slope street, these four members of the "Tigers' gang are questioned by Assistant District Attorney Jacob Weinberg, extreme...