• • Owney "The Killer" Madden [18 December 1891 — 24 April 1965] was a leading underworld figure in Manhattan, most notable for his involvement in organized crime during Prohibition with bootlegger Larry Fay. He also ran Harlem's famous Cotton Club and was a leading boxing promoter during the 1930s.
• • An intriguing article — — "The New York gangster — from Leeds" — — supplies some information of interest. British writer Paul Robinson fails to paint a vivid portrait of an adolescent Owney being raised in the westside slums by his single mother and his aunt in an impoverished household teaming with boisterous brothers and male cousins [amid a host of thuggish neighbors hanging out on the fire escapes]. But you will learn a few fascinating nuggets.
• • See "The New York gangster — from Leeds" — — in the Yorkshire Evening Post [printed 21 April 2010].
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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