tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post7024682014706371728..comments2023-10-26T09:58:01.275-04:00Comments on The Bowery Boys: New York City History: FRIDAY NIGHT FEVER: Hole-In-The-WallThe Bowery Boys - Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-39541420645986074452012-07-15T15:56:31.938-04:002012-07-15T15:56:31.938-04:00Diver Street above should read as "Dover Stre...Diver Street above should read as "Dover Street."<br />Slobbery Jim (James White) killed Patsy in a porter house at 361 Water Street. See the NY Times June 6, 1859.<br />The 12 cent murder is covered in The Times on January 27,1852. <br />Herbert Asbury, as usual, has it quite wrong.<br /> <br />Richard McDermottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-1229223594869132202011-11-22T12:24:21.048-05:002011-11-22T12:24:21.048-05:00On June 12, 1872 The New York Times reported: Jose...On June 12, 1872 The New York Times reported: Joseph K. Hudson, a mate on the ship Pacific birthed at pier 9, while drunk, went into the den number 14 Diver Street [a side entrance to 279 Water Street] known as The Hole in the Wall. He was robbed of his watch and chain. This is [to date] the only evidence that today's Bridge Cafe is the site of Asbury's story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com