“...severely shaking two or three who were in a riotous mood.”
I had to double check the source of this article. For some reason that sounded like an account from England. “Ah yes, Livingston and I did a shake-up what with some hooligans that were in a right jolly riotous mood.”
Rotten eggs - does that mean it was premeditated assault? Or do these folks just keep rotten eggs around in case they develop a riotous mood?
That is because it is from 1900.