Chapter 2 monk eastman

south american beater Against the backdrop of the looming sky, two thugs in black and high heels are dancing a life-and-death dance, that is, a one-on-one knife dance, until the dianthus flower behind the ear falls. , as the knife stabbed one of them, leveling him, thus ending the unaccompanied dance.The other, helpless, puts on his hat, and spends his later years telling of that honorable duel.That's the whole exhaustive history of our South American thugs.The history of New York thugs is far more rambunctious. beater in north america The history of the New York gang (revealed in Herbert Asbury's 1928 octogenarian volume of 400 pages in a decent binding) is as chaotic and brutal as a savage's theory of celestial evolution. This history is made up of: the basement of an abandoned beer store where black people live together; the New York ghetto with mostly dilapidated three-story buildings; The "Dawn Boys" gang, which hunted down killers under the age of 10; Floating out of the trousers, holding a big stick in his right hand and a big pistol in his waist, it makes people laugh and cry; when they go into battle, they use a long stick to carry a dead rabbit as a flag for the "Dead Rabbit Gang"; The son "Johnny Dolan, with oily hair and flour noodles, holds a monkey-headed walking stick, and a copper device on his thumb. He specializes in gouging out the opponent's eyes when fighting; "Elvis King" Burns can bite off the head of a live mouse "Blind" Danny Lyons, a brothel owner with blond hair and big eyes who is blind, has three prostitutes who are willing to laugh for him; the red-light district run by the Seven Sisters of New England is a row of halls, and they donate their Christmas Eve profits to charity Career; a cockfight where hungry rats and dogs run wild; a casino where hulu and pheasants play; "Red" Nora, who has been widowed for several times, is doted on by the previous leaders of the "Vole" gang and takes her to the streets; Danny Leon "Dove" Lizzie, who mourned for him after his execution, had his throat cut by the jealous "gentle" Magee; a crazy week of riots in 1863 burned a hundred houses and almost controlled the entire city; Street fights where people are trampled to death; horse thieves and poisoners like "Niger" Yosk.The most famous hero among them was Edward Delaney, aka William Delaney, aka Joseph Marvin, aka Joseph Morris, aka Monk Eastman, who was one thousand two The leader of Baitiao Hanzi.

hero Those convoluted pseudonyms, like a tiresome game of masking, make it impossible to know who is who, and end up nullifying his real name—if we dare to imagine such a thing in the world.Indeed, records in the Williamsburg, Brooklyn, registry office list his name as Edward Osterman, later changed to the Americanized Eastman.The strange thing is that the villain who did all kinds of evil was a Jew.His father was the owner of a restaurant that prepared food in accordance with Jewish regulations, and gentlemen with rabbinical beards could safely eat mutton that was slaughtered according to regulations, drained of blood, and rinsed three times. In 1892, at the age of nineteen, with the help of his father, he opened a bird shop that also sold cats and dogs.His penchant for exploring the habits of those animals, observing their small decisions and unpredictable innocences, remained with him throughout his life.In his heyday, even the freckled clerks at the New York Democratic Party headquarters paid no heed to his cigars, and when he visited the most exclusive brothels in a luxury car like a Venetian gondola, he opened a bird shop as a cover — there are a hundred purebred cats and four hundred pigeons in it — not for sale at any higher price.He doted on each of the cats, and when he toured his territory, he often held one cat in his arms and followed several behind.

He looked like a broken stele.Neck as short as a bull's, broad and strong chest, long brawling arms, broken nose, scarred face, more scarred body, bow-legged gait like that of a jockey or sailor.He could be shirtless and shirtless, but he always had a short-tailed lark on his big head.His shoulders are impressive.Physically, regular killers in the movies are modeled after him, not the unmanly, baggy Capone.It is said that Hollywood hired Walham because his image reminded audiences immediately of the notorious Monk Eastman... who toured his outlaw empire with a blue-feathered dove perched on his shoulder, just as A bull with a shrike on its back.

In 1894, Eastman was in charge of keeping order in one of the many public dance halls in New York City.It was said that the boss didn't want to hire him, so he beat up the two burly men originally hired by the ballroom, showing his strength.He took the place of the two alone, and no one dared to provoke him until 1899. Every time he quelled a riot, he carved a line with his knife into that terrible stick.One night, a very bright bald man got drunk and attracted his attention, and he knocked the bald man unconscious with a stick. "My stick was just one step short, and it made up fifty!" he said later.

dominate one side Beginning in 1899, Eastman was not just a big name.He became the boss of an important constituency, charging huge tribute to the brothels, casinos, street pheasants and rogue thieves in his jurisdiction.Campaign committees and individuals routinely seek him out for nasty things.He set a remuneration price list: 15 dollars for tearing off an ear, 19 dollars for breaking a leg, 25 dollars for wounding a leg with a pistol, 25 dollars for stabbing a knife, and 100 dollars for a complete settlement.Eastman can't leave his words and fists, and sometimes he goes out to perform entrusted tasks in person.

Over turf issues (one of those delicate and incisive issues that international law procrastinates as long as possible), he clashed head-on with another mob boss, Paul Kelly.Gunfights and brawls by patrols set the boundaries.One morning, Eastman crossed the border, and five big men rushed forward.He overturned three opponents with his ape-like agile arms and a big stick, but he was shot twice in the stomach, and the opponents thought he was dead and scattered away.Eastman blocked the hole with his thumb and forefinger, and staggered himself to the hospital as if drunk.He suffered from high fever and struggled for several weeks, but kept his mouth shut and did not report anyone.After he was discharged from the hospital, the fire was settled and the shootout intensified until August 19, 1903.

Battle of Rivington A hundred or so heroes who didn't quite look like the pictures, disappeared one by one from the criminal registration card, drenched in alcohol and tobacco smoke, wearing straw hats with colorful hoops, more or less suffering from moxibustion, tooth decay, respiratory or kidney disease, like The heroes of the Trojan or Junin wars were as insignificant or as illustrious, and the hundred or so heroes who fought that ignominious armed struggle in the shadow of the arched ironwork of the New York Elevated Railroad.The cause was that Kelly's hooligans extorted monthly money from a casino owner, an associate of Monk Eastman.A gunman was killed, followed by countless pistols participating in the shooting.Clean-jawed men fired silently from the cover of tall pillars, and the constant stream of taxis arriving on the scene, loaded with Colt revolvers and eager reinforcements, added to the frightening atmosphere.What did the protagonists of that battle think?In the first place, (I think) the deafening bang of a hundred pistols made them feel that they were about to die;The fact is that they fought hard under the cover of iron bars and darkness.The police intervened twice and were beaten back twice by them.The sky was just showing its belly, and the battle suddenly disappeared like an obscene business or a ghostly ghost.Under the arches of the elevated railway lay seven seriously injured people, four corpses and a dead pigeon.

Gritting teeth The local politicians that Monk Eastman served consistently publicly denied the existence of gangs in their district, explaining that they were recreational societies.Rivington set fire to it with impunity and alarmed them.They summoned the leaders of the two factions and told them that they must reconcile.Knowing that politicians are more effective than all the Colts in keeping the police steady, Kelly agreed on the spot; Eastman, with his brute strength and rebelliousness, hoped to see the gun.He refused, and the politicians had to threaten him with sending him to prison.In the end, the two villainous leaders negotiated in a bar, each with a cigar in his mouth, his right hand on his revolver, surrounded by his own thugs.They made a very American decision; a boxing match was held to settle the dispute.Kelly was an excellent boxer.The duel took place in a large shed.There were 140 people in the audience, including hooligans wearing crooked top hats, and women with strange hairstyles.The sparring lasted two hours and resulted in the exhaustion of both sides.A week later, the shootout resumed.Monk was arrested, and I can't remember how many times it was this time.The protector got rid of him with great relief, and the judge solemnly sentenced him to ten years' imprisonment.

eastman against germany When Monk inexplicably came out of Sing Sing Prison, the twelve hundred desperadoes under him had already fallen and dispersed.He couldn't get them back together and had to go it alone. On September 8, 1917, he caused a disturbance in a public place. On the 9th, he decided to take part in another mischief, enrolling in a regiment of infantry. We heard something about his service in the army.We know that he was strongly opposed to taking prisoners, and that on one occasion the single use of the butt of his rifle thwarted this hesitation.We know that he escaped from the hospital and returned to the battlefield.We know he was outstanding at Montfortson.We know that he said afterward that the dancing in the Bowery Little Theater in New York was more vigorous than the European war.

mysterious and logical ending In the early hours of December 25, 1920, the body of Monk Eastman was found on a busy street in New York.He was shot five times.A very ordinary cat that had survived the catastrophe wandered around him in bewilderment.