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Darby Leighton – Divide the Dawn

Darby Leighton – Character in Divide the Dawn  “Knowing things is what I’m known for, and I’m the guy waiting in the long shadows to use them against you.” ~Darby Leighton Darby Leighton – (b. 1890) is a man of the shadows. Sickly and with calm, dead eyes, he has the look of a lostContinue reading “Darby Leighton – Divide the Dawn”

Pickles Leighton – Divide the Dawn

Pickles Leighton – Character in Divide the Dawn “It’s all about the Leighton brothers. As long as Pickles sits in Sing Sing and Darby’s eighty-sixt, Lovett’ll never get wit’ us. Even after givin’ it to McGowen like they did.”~The Swede Pickles Leighton (b. 1889) is a murderer and prisoner in Sing Sing. He does not appearContinue reading “Pickles Leighton – Divide the Dawn”

Vincent Maher – Divide the Dawn

Vincent Maher – Character in Divide the Dawn “Vincent Maher has no moral issue in both separating virginity from a young female with his blood-filled cock as he does removing the life from a male with his snub-nosed, single action revolver.” ~Liam Garrity Vincent Maher (b. 1894), also known as Masher (obsolete word for a ladiesContinue reading “Vincent Maher – Divide the Dawn”

Mary Lonergan – Divide the Dawn

Mary Lonergan – Character in Divide the Dawn “That biddy ol’ flab? She comes here all the time askin’ for favors. She wants her eldest son to open a bike shop, but of course she don’t have the money for it. So she wants Dinny’s help.” ~Vincent Maher Mary Lonergan (b. 1876), also known as Mourning Mother Mary,Continue reading “Mary Lonergan – Divide the Dawn”

Garry Barry – Divide the Dawn

Garry Barry – Character in Divide the Dawn   “You see that guy over there? That’s Garry fookin’ Barry. Don’t ever trust’em. He’s a fookin’ psychopath, that one. Trouble, nothin’ but. If he comes up on ya, just play dumb.” ~Cinders Connolly   Garry Barry (b. 1888) In the year he came into being there wasContinue reading “Garry Barry – Divide the Dawn”

Christie Maroney – Divide the Dawn

Christie Maroney – Character in Divide the Dawn   “There was a murder in Brooklyn one time, where there often was before and I s’pose there will be again. Christie Maroney. . . It was said half his face was made o’ gold.”~The Gas Drip Bard Christie Maroney (1867-1912) also known as the Gold-toothed Larrikin, was murdered before theContinue reading “Christie Maroney – Divide the Dawn”

Harry Reynolds – Divide the Dawn

“I just cry. So angry, I cry. Confused. Undeserved as I am. Shaking my head and covering my face on the floor and bleating and blubbering and acting the fool. Harry yanks me up by the coat.”~Liam Garrity Harry Reynolds – Character in Divide the Dawn   Harry Reynolds (b. 1891) also known as TheContinue reading “Harry Reynolds – Divide the Dawn”

Richie Lonergan – Divide the Dawn

Richie Lonergan – Character in Divide the Dawn “A wild-eyed, windswept, floppy-booted, dirty-blond-haired fifteen year-old limps in the room like some forgotten, defective cur on a prison ship.” ~Liam Garrity Richie Lonergan (b. 1900), also known as Pegleg, is a gloomy, violent teenage gang leader who is emotionally stunted by a traumatic childhood. Almost completely catatonic, heContinue reading “Richie Lonergan – Divide the Dawn”

Anna Lonergan – Divide the Dawn

Anna Lonergan – Character in Divide the Dawn “The first thing I do in the mornin’? I brush my hair an’ sharpen my tongue.” ~Anna Lonergan Anna Lonergan (b. 1901) is the younger sister of famed White Hand gang member Richie “Pegleg” Lonergan. An old Irish woman who survived Ireland’s Great Hunger deems her, “A prophetess, an evilContinue reading “Anna Lonergan – Divide the Dawn”

Jonathan G. Wolcott – Divide the Dawn

Jonathan G. Wolcott – Character in Divide the Dawn “(Wolcott) will reign from above, unseen. Our greatest enemy resides in a safe distance across a body of water, up high where the future will be orchestrated. . . Our fate will be decided by an untouchable enemy.”~Liam Garrity Jonathan G. Wolcott (b. 1853), also known asContinue reading “Jonathan G. Wolcott – Divide the Dawn”