>>2665304Sure enough.
Beat the hobo before he beats you.
Unless you have extra family or house mates you weren't likely to get any help from cops.
Just like today, you help one hobo with some water or food, on a couple days you'll have two hobos at your door looking for handouts, and then next week three or four sitting in the trees watching you.
Sooner or later one or more will decide to break in and clean out the house or commit a strong-arm robbery possibly ending in your injury or death.
Just beat the shit out of a hobo in the beginning and then you won't have to worry about things going bad for yourself or neighbors.
This phenomenon happens today all along the USmex border in the rural towns and homesteads.