With the police, media and his enemies all looking for him, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll had been hiding in Upstate New...
Easy Money for Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll
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Andrew “Squint” Sheridan –
Andrew "Squint" Sheridan must have been an intimidating figure along the Westside Waterfront docks who was usually...
Ragen’s Colts – A Southside Chicago Gang
Ragen's Colts were a street gang which dominated the Chicago underworld during the early twentieth century. Made up of...
Lew Baker – The Man Who Shot Bill The Butcher
Lewis Baker was a patrolman in the New York Police Department who was employed as a "slugger" for Tammany Hall. He was...
Wild Bill Lovett – Brooklyn’s White Hand Gang Boss
William "Wild Bill" Lovett was a gangster and leader of the White Hand Gang from the Red Hook area or what was known...
Dutch Schultz gets arrested
After a bloody gang war with Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll and his gang, Arthur Flegenheimer or Dutch Schultz as he is better...
Eddie McGrath & The Westside Mob Part 2
The West Side piers, or the North River waterfront as it is commonly known as, stretches along the Hudson River from...
Eddie McGrath & The Westside Mob Part 1
Edward J. McGrath, or “The Big Guy,” as he came to be known around the docks, was born on January 31, 1906. His...
The End of The Westies
With the arrests of Jimmy Coonan and his wife Edna, Billy Bokun, Mugsy Ritter, Flo & Tommy Collins and Johnny Halo...