Author Rich Cohen (pictured) called Hicks an 'underworld touchstone''Many New Yorkers wanted to see Hicks hang,' Cohen wrote. Cohen wrote that the day of Hicks' hanging to be 'one of the wildest in New York City history.' According to Cohen, Hicks went on to become an 'underworld touchstone, credited with creating the gangster code and the civilization that grew out of that code.' 'Over time, a certain type of New York City businessman began to emulate the mannerisms that define the New York underworld,' Cohen, the author, noted. The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation is in stores now.

Source: Daily Mail June 08, 2019 02:38 UTC