Harry Hill's Gotham

• Detectives
• Murder
• Police
• Trials

The Murderer’s Luck of Charles Jeffards [published Feb. 20, 1881]

jpkntz June 28, 2024

      Among other suggestions I have received from correspondents...

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• Artists
• Entrepreneurs
• Philanthropists
• Steamboats

Marshall O. Roberts, Art Patron [published Oct. 25, 1885]

jpkntz June 23, 2024

      Walkin along Fifth avenue the other day I...

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• Gambling
• Horses and Horseracing
• Writers and Editors

The Disappointments of George Wilkes [published Sep. 27, 1885]

jpkntz June 20, 2024

      George Wilkes, who was buried yesterday, was one...

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• Civil War
• Eccentrics
• Writers and Editors

For Argument’s Sake: Count Adam Gurowski [published Aug. 30, 1885]

jpkntz June 7, 2024

      New York has always had more than its...

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• Militias
• Politicians
• Writers and Editors

Mike Walsh Couldn’t Help Himself [published June 28, 1885]

jpkntz May 29, 2024

      Of all the peculiar and eccentric men who...

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• Sailing Ships
• Sports

The First America’s Cup Yacht Races [published June 7, 1885]

jpkntz May 22, 2024

      Now that it seems to be settled that...

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• Gambling
• Militias

Larry O’Brien, the Populist Sport [published May 17, 1885]

jpkntz May 19, 2024

      The terrible fight in the very midst of...

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• Boxing

Boxers Idolizing Boxers [published Mar. 29, 1885]

jpkntz May 16, 2024

      It is characteristic of all pugilists, and people...

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• Actors
• Alcohol
• Anecdotes

Edwin Forrest and Wasted Talent [published Nov. 2, 1884]

jpkntz May 13, 2024

      Goin’ along Lispenard street, the other day, I...

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• Anecdotes
• Detectives
• Marriage and Divorce
• Women

Detective Jayne Takes on Widows and Adventuresses [published Sep. 28, 1884]

jpkntz May 12, 2024

      Droppin’ in at the Fifth Avenue Hotel some...

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