Josh Hines
Encyclopedia
"Big" Josh Hines was a gangster from the early part of the 20th century who was a member of the Whyos
street gang. Gang chroniclers Herbert Asbury
(author, "Gangs of New York") and Luc Sante
(author, "Low Life") credit Hines as being the first man to hold up a stuss
parlor.
Whyos
The Whyos, a collection of the various post-Civil War street gangs of New York, was the city's dominant street gang during the late 19th century. The gang controlled most of Manhattan from the late 1860s until the early 1890s, when the Monk Eastman Gang defeated the last of the Whyos...
street gang. Gang chroniclers Herbert Asbury
Herbert Asbury
Herbert Asbury was an American journalist and writer who is best known for his true crime books detailing crime during the 19th and early 20th century such as Gem of the Prairie, Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld and The Gangs of New York...
(author, "Gangs of New York") and Luc Sante
Luc Sante
-Early life:Born in Verviers, Belgium, Sante emigrated to the United States in the early 1960s. He attended school in New York City, first at Regis High School in Manhattan and then at Columbia University.-Writing:...
(author, "Low Life") credit Hines as being the first man to hold up a stuss
Stuss
Stuss is a card game, a variant of faro. In this version the cards are dealt from the dealer's hand, not from a shoe. Also, the house won all the money when drawing two equal cards, as opposed to half in traditional faro...
parlor.
Further reading
- Ettinger, Clayton James. The Problem of Crime. New York: R. Long & R.R. Smith, 1932.
- Harlow, Alvin Fay. Old Bowery Days: The Chronicles of a Famous Street. New York: D. Appleton, 1931.
- Terrett, Courtenay. Only Saps Work: A Ballyhoo for Racketeering. New York: Vanguard Press, 1930.