The
Great
Police
Riot!
1857
Part Two…
Mayor Wood would…
Despite our merry Mayor’s un-questioned questionability he found un-wavering support from the City’s working class, particularly the spunky…
Come & Have a Go If You Think You’re Hard Enough!
Bowery Boys & Dead Rabbits, coming soon…
Irish
…who felt he protected them from a…
“…patronizing, anti-immigrant elite class…”
—Ahh! Man of the People, sort, eh?!
—Well, some of the people, anyway…
“…Mayor Wood’s deliberate failure to enforce temperance laws which would have restricted drinking saloons made him a hero among the under-class…”
—A good fella - I knew it !
—Well, maybe just not that bad…
“ To help maintain his iron like grip on the city, however, Wood misused…
New York’s Finest
…as a personal cudgel to guarantee election results & therefore his power…”
—At least the folks’ll be allowed a drink, now & then!
Part Three, here…
—Mine’s a large one, thanks!
