Riots

• Alcohol
• Brooklyn
• Riots

Brooklyn’s Irishtown Whisky Raids; Jimmy Haggerty’s Escape [published December 4, 1881]

jpkntz March 28, 2026 0

      I had a talk, the other day, with...

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• Abolition
• Militias
• Riots

Dispersing the Mob: the Abolition Riot of July 1834 [published April 6, 1884]

jpkntz March 22, 2026 0

The recent riot in Cincinnati proved that neither the...

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• Civil War
• Judges
• Riots

Judge Daly Held Rioters to Account [published Nov. 1, 1885]

jpkntz February 12, 2024 0

      One of the most interestin’ side issues of...

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• Elections
• Politicians
• Riots

The Stephen A. Douglas Rally Free-For-All at Jones Wood [published Oct. 12, 1884]

jpkntz January 31, 2024 0

      I see they announced a big, old-fashioned barbecue...

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• Riots

The Flour Riot of 1837 [published June 4, 1882]

jpkntz January 20, 2024 0

      Meat is goin’ up, or at least, the...

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• Immigrants
• Ireland
• Mayors
• Riots
• Writers and Editors

A Know Nothing Riot Averted [published Mar. 19, 1882]

jpkntz December 7, 2023 0

      Passin’ across City Hall Square not long ago,...

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• Criminals
• Gambling
• Riots

The Vicksburg Gambler Lynching [published May 22, 1881]

jpkntz November 26, 2023 0

      Gamblers have their ups and downs like other...

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• Churches
• Landmarks
• Riots

The Siege of Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral [published Oct. 18, 1885]

jpkntz November 20, 2023 0

      Along with many thousand others, I went to...

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• African-Americans
• Entrepreneurs
• Newspapers
• Philanthropists
• Riots

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

jpkntz November 1, 2023 0

      The recent death of Elizur Wright naturally suggests...

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• Elections
• Politicians
• Riots

The Fourteenth Ward: Better Elections Through Brawling [published Oct. 4, 1885]

jpkntz August 24, 2023 0

      At this period in the political canvass, when...

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