American Mobsters – The Gophers – The five-hundred-member gang that ruled Hell’s Kitchen

Website design By BotEap.com Website design By BotEap.comThe Gophers street gang was formed in the 1890s from a conglomerate of other Irish street gangs that patrolled the west side of Manhattan. They were given their name, because after having committed one misdeed or another, they hid in the cavernous cellars of the neighborhood to avoid being arrested. […]