![]() John "Old Smoke" Morrissey. The Tammany politico and gangster was one of the toughest bare knuckles brawlers of pre-Civil War NYC and founded the Saratoga Springs track. Served in Congress and died a very wealthy man. His crew murdered Bill Poole, though not on his orders. He and Poole had a bitter blood feud based on Poole's nativist sentiments. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HP Scanjet 4370 Hide EXIF / IPTC
Other Sizes: Medium Original | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Back to Thumbnails | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||