The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . urderor were caught in the act of burglary. House-breakers, highwaymen, masked burglars, bankthieves, river pirates of our own Cit3 and of theother cities of our land and from foreign countries,gathered in New York, and preyed on her people,and raided other cities for hundreds of miles robberies were committed in dayhght inthe middle of Broadway, which was a regularpromenade for gamblers, swindlers and thieves; itwas not safe to walk on the Bowery at any time,and t
The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . urderor were caught in the act of burglary. House-breakers, highwaymen, masked burglars, bankthieves, river pirates of our own Cit3 and of theother cities of our land and from foreign countries,gathered in New York, and preyed on her people,and raided other cities for hundreds of miles robberies were committed in dayhght inthe middle of Broadway, which was a regularpromenade for gamblers, swindlers and thieves; itwas not safe to walk on the Bowery at any time,and to go through the Fourth Ward wearing goodclothes was to court death. The miserable httlecriminals that still haunt Chatham Square are asorry remnant of the robber bands that once ownedthe place. A fine old crook said to me mourn-fully: The Bowerj- is stale; the town is dead. Icould stand on the Bowery for hours and not seetwo of my friends. They are on Sixth Avenue or125tli Street, but they are not doing anything intown. When the gambling houses on the Bowerywere shut up that ruined business. It stopped the 388. i 2 U
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