Early Characters Archives - Page 2 of 14

Tattoo’s of old New York

Tattoo's have been around for a long time and throughout history have come to symbolize one thing or another,...

Rosanna Peers was a grocery store owner, saloon keeper and an early criminal fence to the thieves and gangsters of the...

John H. McCullagh was an officer and police captain in the NYPD, John McCullagh was also known as "Farmer John". Born...

Boiled Oysters Malloy was a criminal and dive bar owner in the Bowery during the mid to late 1800's, his name as you...

McGurks Suicide Hall located at 295 the Bowery in New York was a notorious dive bar and hotel run by John McGurk a...

Patrick "Burly" Bohan was a saloon keeper and owner of The Doctor's, a popular Park Row dive bar, which was also a...

The White Hand Gangs internal feud was a lot greater than any feud they had with the Italian Black Hand Gang, its said...

Big Tim Sullivan was just as corrupt as you would expect from Tammany Hall whose influence back then reached deep into...

Red Kane or Thomas Kane as he was known as, was a leading figure in one of the most vindictive gang wars to have ever...