Josh Hines

Gang chroniclers Herbert Asbury (author, Gangs of New York) and Lucy Sante (author, Low Life) credit Hines as being the first man to hold up a stuss parlor and regularly robbing gambling houses.

[1] Attacked by Rooney 'Slasher' McDonnelley or Rival Gang, Peters Potatoes.

An Irish American outfit controlling the NY Harbours.

Slasher attacked Hines walking home from a night of frollicing and dancing till the early morning.

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Prominent members of the Whyos Gang during its heyday in the late 1870s-early 1880s
Top row left to right: Baboon Connolly, Josh Hines, Bull Hurley
Middle row left to right: Clops Connelly, Dorsey Doyle, Googy Corcaran
Bottom row left to right: Mike Lloyd, Piker Ryan, Red Rocks Farrell