AFTERWORD

It is pleasant to report that, thanks to the bravery, loyalty, and patriotism of Red Ryan and Buttons Muldoon, Archibald Monday lived to testify in court against Steven Wainwright, and the gang leader was later executed. His death spelled the end of the Five Points. The gangs were crushed, its slums were torn down brick by brick, and by 1910 little of the place remained. It is of interest to note that the Secret Service took all the credit for safeguarding Monday. Buttons and Red were not mentioned in official reports, and neither was the Abe Patterson and Son Stage and Express Company.