The sun., 1891-07-11

possessed q fair com mon school education. In
n shs the
tough youth Of the Lirhth ward. Bill Poole took
anGy am hsn ths
shss soon 70 @SGs SGsn nsy tSs
% rs's hS the sf sht ' E mug
M,orrisssy aud Bill Poole on the Amos street
Poole beat Moprissey Ms y and " was aiierward mur.
dered in Stanwix Hail.
In 1859 Allen bosspmed out as the standard
quick to think and as dnirk to act. AS, a poll.
reputation Tor nerve stood Linn in good stead.
AZ one convention when John tluaGkenbush.
pioyee in the custom ouse. Who q ands over
g feet INCHES In hts s:ockings. attacked the
nn nor no9e s,s tn yuent
horse trough Nearly ali tue smaller saloons
aud n reetine halls hau troughs for watering
Early " in iHtis tie SIXTIES The Allen was run;
ding The irince, saloon on Mercer and
sses and th Sd
heaps q It It was sd by suPnlyins Sa ru!is
thn country than drawing tIe bounty and
e sn IN was atsase a1a 81 $751; With
crime against tho Govern ment Tho prosecu-
to oh The o scs IL ana sof od @ m
turn was We comel BY, his election to be alder
small and fair and wore then, tight trousers, a
black sash. q white embroidered shirt with
coat. huge somb ero. white or black az;
cording TO the season Of the year. completed
One Of the most desperate afrrays in which
ne was SEQ concerned was sho,Ily after his return d,
x,h wh r.. h eb9 bdGnEt Tam
hour. and when Casey was carried away his
ear had been bitten OF and hs leIt eve gopstd
years later on the same block in sixth avenue.
Allen hal an arm and leg broken In the
s f parfv nSh q snds SnSa
one Of them Jared him to sound the alarm
uaosg saSns on
9s hssa there and hns
tho streetstruck the secret gong used to notify
the the PLAYERS Of tho Al approach OF the police and
t1sn hss19 that Of nxh
Gunninshham GU and hts gang more than sl9;91hn
otter ana said he woaii earn that si0o. He pre-.
crowd was present. and asked Tor and obtained
the 800 on conqi on that ii he did not & We the
name correctly he should return it. Then he
Il am he man. and am mo-, afraid to tell
y'u un"ct so WANTED to see il you had sand enough
lionized 10y the sports. He ought some dozen
defeated. Ills friends used to say that he did
not know when, he was licked. One OF tho
the cseeer Hous as Of
what, is now Worth street and Broadway.
Kept by CHRIS shs,er. Another was the Sen:
Allen places e and as
the Ivy Green, the headquarters Of the En-
era 10 % orsanHattons t ii ia the the stase Tho AlIon
met men who have since become famous-J' I'm
sG NSJ saer Of es 1es AS
erk and Member 2,
ber Of the .. ,nionists." the rival orsanization
between jim Heed aud Yankee sullivan. then
champion OF America. was the outcome OF u
sluaLbls between the Unionsts and the Lm-
pire men.
Ing The leader of a gang OF burglars who made
s pss sSst hs hs ON HIS ]
at night AMI Allen was arrested and locked up
in the Ton.bs; The complainant Gid not nl-
Charged, Some time in 1870 ,he fitted up a
place in Bleecker street as a saloon and music
previously made a fortune lariously estimated
Q. from 100000 to slO0,0nO. and lost il in gam:
Rns rh' 1spa1 @se M it ae fssa
lar With the wors! class o., young, men and was
ID. Fsrn Rra Msps hs # and Ss
In Greene street for some, time. but the license
success @ Tor somethine else. The poies
were determined that he should rot hold ~
WITH the
and conducting pool room, AZ is SAID above
he prosretiHT OF pool selling sommis,
Bieecker fHe a street and South Fifth avennh in
which he got his death wound. hH Is said TO
license. of course. is not in hi. name:
Lawyers s BoWe % 4 hnmmeI know w Allen well;
men 5" Trustworthy in some things. lie would
Ske Aens TGId at sny s fer ang
dahinG one day with Mr.. Hummel, ii en- only 10 |
board and began to cry. Allen told him 10 ,
cheer up; and as soon as they got to Wan land
Alien @ led Ed 9 Slol9y % In 1875 N Mrs len re- re-
!ainel Howe ~ Hummel TO procure a divorce. |
Mr. nar IhHt Ms A,n soub haye
luz had she wi she'd. She was il milliner. with
shop under tho Continental l@'el; and T. very
He 4s heefed tha Hp M"y II Sad
3 1sn Ia R pa % os
to the house on the northwest corner OF broad
rna oo1 fell street. lhS en Ta Gf tG Pa
ice Headquarters and gave himself UP; claim
ing that the shooting WAS accid nj al. lie was
never tried although the Grand Jury Indicted |
him for murder in the first degree -,
About eight years ago Allen married
wealthy widow. With intervals OF otscurity
ne has been moro or less. prominent In Rel ub-
district. which is almost the old Eighth ward.
icyotion 10 his party. His hold is ulon the
lcgr. vote, Of tho black and tan" district;
or the Republican party than against 1t. lie
hat as 1t may; Allen and his coored friends
nave been O reliance for the managers Of every
tepublican campaign n New YoEk, though
aud com bination. His hold on the colored
voters Is due to their admiration for his
D nsrvs and dash as well as his, en.handed
u lie bounty jumpers or % during the prosperity m
that attended upon the running Of hi. keno
lic!ssitudes Of fortune that no suffered before
and after these hiab-rollina times Ihe wns
much or little, his constitnsnts," as he some.
i with them. He also knew Just how to deal
with and control the element on which he de-
IaI md a., Z tha tsya ha,y NIL l.