Dear Dorothy - I loved your description of life in Hell's Kitchen. My father grew up there - he was born in 1900 and also knew the Madden brothers. My father was a young police officer in the precinct and one nite they "raided a speakeasy on the west side." My mother was busy doing the Charleston when she looked into the blue eyes of this handsome irish cop who said to her "you are under arrest - give me your name and address". Of course, he didn't arrest her but two years later they were married and here I am today telling the story that happened over 80 years ago. They were good and decent people - God rest their souls. Dolly Maher