This work originally appeared serially in one of the weekly sporting newspapers, the National Police Gazette, from August 28, 1880, through November 20, 1880. The articles purport to present Theodore Allen “in his own words.” The central events of the chapters tell of the leadup to, and aftermath of, the 1855 shooting death of Bill Poole by Lew Baker, a friend of the boxing champion, John Morrissey. “The.” Allen was an apprentice butcher to Bill Poole and shared his tendency to resolve disputes with vicious street fights. The Poole-Morrissey feud reflected the tensions between opposing political factions in New York City in the 1840s and 1850s, particularly between Irish Americans and anti-immigrant Know-Nothing party supporters. These columns were used as a primary source for later writers on the shooting and funeral of Poole, but have never been reprinted or gathered in book format. This edition includes an introduction and notes by Jerry Kuntz.