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Sometimes, to keep his hand in, Eastman
would do the job personally.
A territorial dispute as subtle and ill
humored as those forestalled by international
law brought him up against Paul Kelly, the
famous leader of another gang. The boundary
line had been established by bullets and border
patrol skirmishes. Eastman crossed the line late
one night and was set upon by five of Kelly's
men. With his blackjack and those lightningquick
simian arms of his, he managed to knock
down three of them, but he was shot twice in
the stomach and left for dead. He stuck his
thumb and fore-finger in the hot wounds and
staggered to the hospital. Life, high fever, and
death contended over Monk Eastman for
several weeks, but his lips would not divulge the
names of his assailants. By the time he left the
hospital, the war was in full swing. There was
one shoot-out after another, and this went on
for two years, until the i9th of August, 1903.
THE BATTLE OF RIVINGTON STREET