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Ray Trafford [one of the New York "bloods"]

Snorkey [a returned Veteran, established as a Soldier Messenger, but open to anything else]

Byke [one of the men whom the law is always reaching for and never touches]

''Ed. Demilt'' [one of the rising Wall street generation]

Windel [his friend, "sound on the street"]

Justice Bowling. [of the Tombs police Court]

Counsellor Splinter [an Attorney of the Tombs Court]

Bermudas [one of the under crust, a sidewalk merchant Prince, with a "banjo swarry"]

Peanuts [a rival operator in papers and matches]

Lillywhite [another  ]

Sam [a colored citizen, ready for suffrage when it is ready for him]

Rafferdi (nee Rafferty), [an Italian Organist from Cork]

The Sergeant of the River Patrol

Policeman 999

Martin

Peter Rich [the Boy who was committed]

The Signal Man at Shrewsbury Bend

Laura Cortland, [the Belle of Society]

Pearl Cortland, [pretty, but no heart]

Peachblossom, [a girl who was never "brought up," with the doleful ditty of "the Knight, the dame, and the Murderous Rival."]

Old Judas [the right hand of Byke]

Mrs. Van Dam [one of the voices of Society]

Sue Earlie [one of the echoes of the voice]

Lizzie Liston [another echo]

Ray Trafford [one of the New York "bloods"]

Snorkey [a returned Veteran, established as a Soldier Messenger, but open to anything else]

Byke [one of the men whom the law is always reaching for and never touches]

''Ed. Demilt'' [one of the rising Wall street generation]

Windel [his friend, "sound on the street"]

Justice Bowling. [of the Tombs police Court]

Counsellor Splinter [an Attorney of the Tombs Court]

Bermudas [one of the under crust, a sidewalk merchant Prince, with a "banjo swarry"]

Peanuts [a rival operator in papers and matches]

Sam [a colored citizen, ready for suffrage when it is ready for him]

Rafferdi (nee Rafferty), [an Italian Organist from Cork]

The Sergeant of the River Patrol

Policeman 999

Martin

Peter Rich [the Boy who was committed]

The Signal Man at Shrewsbury Bend

Laura Cortland, [the Belle of Society]

Pearl Cortland, [pretty, but no heart]

Peachblossom, [a girl who was never "brought up," with the doleful ditty of "the Knight, the dame, and the Murderous Rival."]

Old Judas [the right hand of Byke]

Mrs. Van Dam [one of the voices of Society]

Sue Earlie [one of the echoes of the voice]

Lizzie Liston [another echo]