![]() ![]() ![]() This was a jumping off point for Tom “Snake” Kinney to get into politics. As boys in the Ashley Street Gang they worked for the local democratic machine as intimidators on election days to ensure that the machine’s candidates won the election. Tom Egan and Tom Kinney grew up as neighbors in the Kerry Patch and both came from rough backgrounds and home lives. The two biggest players in the Ashley Street Gang were Tom Egan and Tom “Snake” Kinney. Kerry Patch was just north of Downtown in an area that is now mostly commercial, industrial or abandoned. The Egan’s Rats morphed from a street gang in the Kerry Patch neighborhood called the Ashley Street Gang. ![]() Louis gangs by Daniel Waugh the names of gang members, associates, and hangers on come at you fast and they are killed off almost as quickly. Like the first book that I read about St. They participated heavily in bootlegging, gambling and robberies. The Egan’s Rats were powerful during prohibition and had a big part in local and state politics at the time. Louis: Men of Respect so much that I decided to pick up his first book that centers around the street gang, Egan’s Rat’s, as the local papers called them. I enjoyed Daniel Waugh’s book Gangs of St. ![]()
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