Josh Hines
Born Josua Hines better known as Josh Hines and "Big" Josh Hines was a gangster from the early part of the 20th century who was a member of the mid-late 19th century New York City Whyos street gang. Gang chroniclers Herbert Asbury (author, "Gangs of New York") and Luc Sante (author, "Low Life") credit Hines as being the first man to hold up a stuss parlor and regularly robbing gambling houses.[1]
Josh Hines | |
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| Born | Joshua Hines New York City, New York? |
| Died | New York City, New York? |
| Other names | "Big" Josh Hines |
| Occupation | robber, thief |
Prominent members of the Whyos Gang during its heyday in the late 1870s-early 1880s
Top row left to right: Baboon Connolly, Josh Hines, Bull Hurley
Middle row left to right: Clops Connelly, Dorsey Doyle, Googy Corcaran
Bottom row left to right: Mike Lloyd, Piker Ryan, Red Rocks Farrell
Top row left to right: Baboon Connolly, Josh Hines, Bull Hurley
Middle row left to right: Clops Connelly, Dorsey Doyle, Googy Corcaran
Bottom row left to right: Mike Lloyd, Piker Ryan, Red Rocks Farrell
Early life
Criminal career
Attacked by Rooney 'Slasher' McDonnelley or Rival Gang, Peters Potatoes. An Irish American outfit controlling the NY Harbours.
Slasher attacked Hines walking home from a night of frollicing and dancing till the early morning.
Hines died from his injuries.
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References
- Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of New York. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. ISBN 1-56025-275-8 (pg. 210)
- Ettinger, Clayton James. The Problem of Crime. New York: R. Long & R.R. Smith, 1932.
- Harlow, Alvin Fay. Old Bowery Days: The Chronicles of a Famous Street. New York: D. Appleton, 1931.
- Terrett, Courtenay. Only Saps Work: A Ballyhoo for Racketeering. New York: Vanguard Press, 1930.
- Works of Peter Potatoes gangland atrocities and down right naughty behaviour! 2020
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