The
Great
Police
Riot!
1857
The Aftermath…
So, one may very well ask oneself what may have become of our cast of vivacious vagabonds & have-a-go heroes?
Well…
Governor John King
…New York’s first ever Republican governor will, the following year, end up dispatching…
Major General Charlie Sandford
…& his ever busy Militia to the Staten Island Quarantine compound where the revolting locals are putting up resistance (…& then some…) to the erecting of the in-famously offensive facility, before moving him on to, famously, put down “…the largest civil disturbance in the Country’s history…” those deadly Draft Riots of ‘63…
So, one may very well ask oneself what may have become of our cast of vivacious vagabonds & have-a-go heroes?
Well…
Governor John King
…New York’s first ever Republican governor will, the following year, end up dispatching…
The meritorious…
Metropolitan Police Force
…taking in many members of the disbanded Municipals, in ???? change their name to the New York Police Department…
But what on Earth became of wonderful Mayor Wood ?
…you mean the discredited, er, gentleman accused of election fraud, selling public office, setting up ‘voting farms’, inciting riots & just being an all round right rotten egg ?
…Yes! That’s the Man!
Well, After three long years in the political wilderness our dishonourable demagogue on a promise to keep the city’s pubs open, runs for office again…
…Look who’s back!
…& is re-elected in a land-slide!
—Hallelujah!!!
—Dear God !
But what, we hear one enquire, became of his valiant though ultimately vanquished Municipals ?
CAPTAIN. CAP-COVER FOR RAIN. CHIEF.
Well…the younger ones amongst their number joined ranks with the victorious though magnanimous Mets leaving the older ones with nothing much left to do but sit about telling boring stories of…
…Glory Days!
