. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. r 1 4. ?.- *s i»>iriMk>i^ NEAV YORK CITY LIFE favored parts of the City. A few days ago a sim-ple Greek, who kept an oyster stand on ChathamSquare, and who had waged a long hard fight withpoverty, went mad suddenly, and rushed upon thepassing pedestrians with his oyster knife, with whichhe stabbed two men before he was secured. Shortlybefore that, George Appo, a victim of the slums,bought a knife and deliberately took his place atthe corner of Mott Street and stabbed the first manwho came along, a stranger to him. H
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. r 1 4. ?.- *s i»>iriMk>i^ NEAV YORK CITY LIFE favored parts of the City. A few days ago a sim-ple Greek, who kept an oyster stand on ChathamSquare, and who had waged a long hard fight withpoverty, went mad suddenly, and rushed upon thepassing pedestrians with his oyster knife, with whichhe stabbed two men before he was secured. Shortlybefore that, George Appo, a victim of the slums,bought a knife and deliberately took his place atthe corner of Mott Street and stabbed the first manwho came along, a stranger to him. His mind, too,had yielded to the strain, the lack of nourishmentand the degenerate tendency. On the New Bowerycorner was the original hand-organ factory of After mending organs there for manyyears, he lost his reason and killed himself byjumping from his window. Some time before thata man walked into a gun store, purchased a re-volver and some cartridges, and then deliberatelyshot himself. Stretching away to the north is the picturesqueBowery,
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