The streets of 1887 edinburgh seethe with youthful anarchy as two rival gangs of students, scarlet runners and white devils, try to outdo each other in wild exploits. After a pitched battle between them, an old woman is ...The streets of 1887 edinburgh seethe with youthful anarchy as two rival gangs of students, scarlet runners and white devils, try to outdo each other in wild exploits. After a pitched battle between them, an old woman is found savagely battered to death in leith harbour.