FishBowlNY recently reprinted a colorful correction contained in the pages of Low Life, a book by Luc Sante. It ran in the New York Daily Times (precursor to today's Times) on July 6, 1857 and came after the paper had covered a large gang fight in the city:
We are requested by the Dead Rabbits to state that the Dead Rabbit club members are not thieves, that they did not participate in the riot with the Bowery Boys, and that the fight in Mulberry street was between the Roach Guards of Mulberry street and the Atlantic Guards of the Bowery. The Dead Rabbits are sensitive on points of honor, we are assured, and wouldn't allow a thief to live on their beat, much less be a member of the club.
