I've already posted a PDF with this story in the first post.
I've added the entire story that this excerpt appeared in.
Whether he was Frenchy # 2 or not...keep in mind that the article that the excerpt appeared in was not an article about John Smith. The clip about Smith wasn't the basis of the article, possibly making the likelihood of Smith being Frenchy 2 a little more likely.
The excerpt is told in a matter-of-factly way as if it were common knowledge to those who had to endure his tenancy in his Lower East Side building.
Double Alley was a very rough street.
New York World
December 18, 1893
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