Ep 7: Ascetics, Thieves, Foragers, Citizens – Part 3

Nick and Gabriele continue to profile their neighbors on The Hill, highlighting the four brothers - Billy, Mike, Donald and Eddie - as well as Billy Toyota. 

The hierarchy on the Hill was never really fixed, but the four brothers from Jersey always factored into whatever authority structure existed on The Hill. They were referred to as the “James Gang.” Billy and Mike, with their jailhouse tattoos and accompanying demeanor, gave off a “silent, but deadly” aura. Eddie, aka “the old washerwoman,” resembled in look and manner the bully Bluto of the Popeye cartoon. Donald was proud of his competence in his profession, but he was held somewhat in disdain, even by his brothers, because he made his money by begging. Theft was the honorable way to make a living on The Hill. 

Billy Toyota had earned his moniker from his juvenile delinquency years in the same suburban Jersey neighborhoods where Red and the James Gang had grown up. Back then, Billy stole cars for their joyrides, many of which were Toyotas. Smart and knowledgeable in many subjects, Billy used his theft expertise, breaking into cars, for most of his income.  

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