Rebel George

The Sanctimonious Kid

Rebel George and the Sanctimonious Kid are loyal friends and partners in crime.

Gold Tooth

Gold Tooth and Rebel George are antagonists, often clashing over territory or respect.

Johnnie

Johnnie and Rebel George are allies, often working together in their criminal endeavors.

Mary

Mary and Rebel George are at odds, with Rebel George opposing Mary's influence over Johnnie.

Judge Powers

Judge Powers is a legal adversary to Rebel George, representing the law against crime.

Shorty

Rebel George and Shorty are companions, often seen together in their criminal activities.

Gold Tooth

Gold Tooth and Rebel George are antagonists, often clashing over territory or respect.

The Sanctimonious Kid

Rebel George and the Sanctimonious Kid are loyal friends and partners in crime.

The Sanctimonious Kid

Rebel George and the Sanctimonious Kid are loyal friends and partners in crime.

Shorty

Rebel George and Shorty are companions, often seen together in their criminal activities.

Shorty

Rebel George and Shorty are companions, often seen together in their criminal activities.

Johnnie

Johnnie and Rebel George are allies, often working together in their criminal endeavors.

IV

Jack's cellmate in the upper tier of the prison; he advises Jack and later Jack learns he is a distinguished criminal.

VI

The narrator's father; listens to his son's story, gives a fatalistic farewell, and disappears from his life.

VIII

The narrator; arrested and jailed after Smiler's death, follows Smiler's advice to remain silent.

IX

One of Jack's cellmates who, along with Sanc and Johnnie, controls the prison inside and embodies the underworld code of character.

The Four-Thousand-Dollar Haul and the Yegg Convention

Mentioned as Foot-and-a-Half George; Mary asks about him and he is to be visited in prison.

XIII

Mentioned as the inventor of the goldbrick swindle; Sanc quotes his advice on self-deception.

XIV

A reformed bunko man who befriends Black, returns his money, and later starts a legitimate business at age sixty.

XIV

George Dixon, the little colored champion fighter, whose money Black steals in a hotel burglary in San Francisco.

Chapter XV

Jack's mentor in safe-cracking; a methodical thief who abhors murder and enforces a strict code. He is past fifty and shows no desire to quit his trade.

XVI

Foot-and-a-Half George is mentioned in the narrator's stories to other travelers, recounting his finish and the narrator's getaway.

XIX

Hannibal, an old acquaintance, knew of Jack Black's connection to Foot-and-a-Half George, who was killed.

XXIV

Foot-and-a-Half George is reported dead by Black.