The downtown buildings were overrun with lawless ruffians, gamblers, prostitutes, and drunks. He has assembled a band of mercenaries and ruffians who follow his ruthless leadership. He had said that the Whites were, "ruffians, barbarians, and political banditti". Locals claimed this was the work of "ruffians" from border states and carpetbaggers. He recruited an immense mob of heavily armed Missourians, the infamous "Border Ruffians". Many of the former Ruffians became pro-Confederate guerrillas. Armed and unarmed ruffians and police in civil clothes attacked his house on several occasions. Quantrill then joined a group of Missouri ruffians and became somewhat of a drifter. The 507th PIR later became known as "Raff's Ruffians". With songs like "Rusholme Ruffians" and "Suffer Little Children", Morrissey sang explicitly about Manchester. He was so indignant at the ruffians that he was unwilling to retreat before them. Notably, only a few of the Border Ruffians actually owned slaves; most were too poor. The ruffians who kill him are under the instruction of Solomon himself. The Border Ruffians also engaged in general violence against Free-State settlements. Pippin returns with one hundred members of his family, before the ruffians arrive.