Gangland New York by Anthony M. DeStefano

Author:Anthony M. DeStefano
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781493018338
Publisher: Lyons Press

The crowds in Brooklyn were said to have been as large as those which accompanied Poole in Manhattan. Ferries from the Williamsburg section transported thousands more so they could be close to the cortege as it made its way to Green-Wood, under the watchful eyes of scores of police officers. It took about five hours for the procession to make its way from Poole’s home on Christopher Street in Manhattan to the cemetery. Poole’s body was placed in a receiving tomb, and four months later, on July 9, 1855, eventually placed in a grave just off the cemetery road known as Landscape Avenue.

For the longest time Poole’s grave had no headstone, perhaps because his family and friends were worried about the notoriety. But in February 2003, at a time when Martin Scorcese’s film Gangs of New York was playing in theaters, Green-Wood unveiled a three-foot-high headstone at Poole’s grave. In the film, Poole was characterized as William “The Butcher” Cutting, a role played by actor Daniel Day-Lewis. Engraved into the stone were the dates Poole was wounded at Stanwix Hall, and when he died. There are also those famous last words attributed to the venerable tough guy: “Good-bye, boys, I die a true American.” Cemetery president Richard Moylan did the unveiling, noting to the small crowd that Poole, who was immortalized as one of New York’s early gangsters, was being commemorated as a historical figure.

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