In 1903 rival members of Paul Kelly's Five Point gang & Monk Eastman's gang squared off under the platform of the...
The Rivington Street Shoot Out
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When They Tried To Whack Eddie Diamond
Legs Diamond had one soft spot in life, his brother Eddie. He would have sacrificed everything he owned to bring him...
Yankee Sullivan Prizefighting Champion
Yankee Sullivan real name James Ambrose. he was born in Bandon, Cork in 1811, he was also known as Frank...
The Mandelbaum Gang – New York’s Female Gang Boss
Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum was a New York entrepreneur and operated as a criminal fence to many of the street gangs...
Egans Rats – The St. Louis Mob
Egan's Rats were an organized crime gang that had a considerable amount of power in St. Louis, Missouri from 1890's...
The Death of Bill “The Butcher”
William Poole better known as "Bill The Butcher” was a champion pugilist in 1855 when kicking, biting and eye-gouging...
Joseph Vincent Moriarty – The Numbers Racket
Joseph Vincent Moriarty also known as Newsboy Moriarty, was a mobster and ran a numbers racket in Hudson County, New...
Prohibition in New Jersey
The controversy over the nation’s Prohibition Amendment spilled over into New Jersey politics. Republicans, whose base...
Manhattan, New York, 1855
Manhattan, New York in 1855 - To the right of the picture is Hells Kitchen & the West Side, New Jersey can be seen...