Talk:White Rats of America

Some information gathered from Preuss that could be added to the article at a later date

- Based on the Water Rats of England; according to one account the name was suggeted at the groups first meeting by George Fuller Golden who explained how the latter group helped him out when he was in dier straits in London, and that Rats spelled backword is star; two reasons are given for the replacement of "water" with "white" - that that was the English groups original name, and it was a reference to the white hair of Mark Murphy, one of the founders. Cites New York Sun Aug. 1, 1915

His source from the Aug. 1, 1915 New York Sun, which gives detailed early history

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1915-08-01/ed-1/seq-30.pdf

I'll get to this.--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 20:43, 18 August 2015 (UTC)