{"id":738,"date":"2016-12-13T15:58:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T20:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/nyc-history\/?p=738"},"modified":"2016-12-13T18:40:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T23:40:37","slug":"bowery-boys-and-dead-rabbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/nyc-history\/2016\/12\/13\/bowery-boys-and-dead-rabbits\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowery Boys and Dead Rabbits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A drawing of the Dead Rabbit barricade on Bayard Street during the fight between the Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the night of July 4th<\/sup>, 1857 tensions between the Bowery Boys and Dead Rabbits culminated in a bang, starting a two day long riot that would captive the city. The New York Times<\/em> described the scene: \u00a0\u201ca crowd of young vagabonds from Cow Bay and the neighborhood proceeded to the Bowery, at Nos. 40 and 42, and made an onslaught upon the Atlantic Guards or Bowery Crowd.\u201d Caught by surprise, the Bowery Boys quickly fought back with \u201cfire arms, clubs, brick-bats, and stones. The \u2019Bowery Crowd\u2019 were finally forced to retreat, and the \u2018Five Pointers\u2019, \u00a0alias \u2018Dead Rabbits\u2019, alias \u2018Roach Guard\u2019, then retired back to their houses on Elizabeth, Mulberry, and the Points, yelling and assailing all whom they met, firing their revolvers in the air and defying any to interfere.\u201d <\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The riots continued for two days, eventually resulting in eight deaths and a hundred injuries. The evolution of the fight into a full blown riot was due to the New York City Police still being in a state of disarray from the conflict between the Municipal and Metropolitan police, who had their own riot earlier that year on June 16.<\/p>\n

The Five Pointers also showed their displeasure at the police during the riots. It was said outside the old Sixth ward station house, 133 Walker Street, \u201ca desperate fight was raging between a number of men in Leonard, near Baxter-street, and directly in front of the old Station-house\u201d<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0and when the police arrived \u201cthe belligerents ceased their \u2018private fight\u2019 and, joining together, made an assault upon the police.” <\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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