Year: 2023

tilden_samuel_j

Sam Tilden and the Cunningham-Burdell Murder [published Aug. 19, 1883]

jpkntz November 13, 2023

There has been some talk lately about Mr....

chinesejunk

Memories of Old New York and Two Notorious Women [published Aug. 5, 1883]

jpkntz November 11, 2023

I met old Mark Taylor the other day...

peoplesline

A Chance Meeting on a Hudson River Steamer [published July 22, 1883]

jpkntz November 9, 2023

Goin’ down to the People’s Line dock the...

generalbutler

Trotting Disasters and Near-Disasters [published July 22, 1883]

jpkntz November 7, 2023

Hearin’ some of the sports discussin’ the recent...

harlemrailroadlocomotive

New York City’s First Rail Disaster [published Oct. 8, 1882]

jpkntz November 6, 2023

The tunnel horror, which is now bein’ investigated,...

Kelly_John2

Honest John Kelly’s Early Pugnatiousness [published May 24, 1885]

jpkntz November 5, 2023

Everybody knows everythin’ about John Kelly as a...

burtonasaminadabsleek

Two Haunted House Sensations of New York [published Dec. 11, 1881]

jpkntz November 4, 2023

Of course, I don’t believe in ghosts or...

Tombs_courtroom

The Broad Daylight Murder of Virginia Stewart [published Apr. 3, 1881]

jpkntz November 3, 2023

Passin’ the corner of Canal Street and Broadway...

bomb

Bristol Bill, One-Eyed Thompson, and One-Armed Drury

jpkntz November 2, 2023

I have already alluded in these sketches, I think,...

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Arthur Tappan’s Good Intentions [published Nov. 29, 1885]

jpkntz November 1, 2023

The recent death of Elizur Wright naturally suggests...