Theodore Allen (other)
Theodore Allen may refer to: * Theodore Allen (saloon keeper) (c. 1833–1908), American gambler, political organizer, saloon keeper and head of a criminal family in New York City * Theodore W. Allen (1919–2005), American intellectual, writer, and activist * Theo Allen (1914–2003), New Zealand middle-distance runner {{hndis, Allen, Theodore ...
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Theodore Allen (saloon Keeper)
Theodore Allen, known simply as The Allen, (–1908) was an American gambler, political organizer, saloon keeper and head of a criminal family in New York City during the mid-to-late 19th century.Walling, George W. ''Recollections of a New York Chief of Police: An Official Record of Thirty-eight Years as Patrolman, Detective, Captain, Inspector and Chief of the New York Police''. New York: Caxton Book Concern, 1887. (pg. 488–489) Born to a devout and prominent Methodist family, he and four of his nine brothers were notorious underworld figures; Wesley, Martin and William Allen were professional burglars while the fourth brother, John Allen (saloon keeper), John Allen, ran an illegal gambling den.Herbert Asbury, Asbury, Herbert. ''The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the New York Underworld''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. (pg. 168, 174) Allen was a butcher's boy for the notorious William Poole, Bill "the Butcher" Poole and a leader among the Bowery Boy subculture. ...
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