Stevie Taggert
Stevie is a teenager under the guardianship of Dr Kreizler. Although he's not formally a member of the team, he does contribute quite considerably to the efforts of the adults in the investigation.
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The Basics
Essentials
Name: Stevie "Steviepipe" Taggert
Birth Date: 1884
Birth Place: New York City, NY, USA
Personality: Clever, street smart, faithful, vigilant, brave, humerous
Appearance: Small and athletic with long straight, brown hair and blue eyes.
Family Life
Father: Unknown.
Mother: Alcoholic and drug addict (opium). She moved in as a consort with an opium dealer nicknamed You Fat to feed her addiction.
Siblings: Unknown, but assumed to be none.
Criminal History
As a youth, Stevie was jailed at Randalls Island for thieving in a gang. Whilst he was at Randalls Island, he had an "encounter" with a guard who tried to rape him. Stevie fought back with a piece of lead pipe and badly injured the guard. Following this, he was taken to court again and Dr Kreizler defended him.
Working Life
Education: Home-schooled by Dr Kreizler from age 10.
Occupation: Stevie helped out around the Kreizler house as a driver. Upon adulthood, several years after the events of the books, he would become a tobacconist and found S. Taggert, Tobacconist, Fine Foreign and Domestic Blends located across the street from the Fifth Avenue Hotel in the Flatiron Building.
Private Life
Status: Bachelor.
Home: During the events of the books, Stevie lives at Dr Kreizler's home at 283 East Seventeenth Street. As an adult, he would move into the back room of his store.
Transportation: Used to drive Dr Kreizler's Calash or Barouche carriages. Not known to have any of his own private transportation as an adult.
Past/Present Servants: None.
Friends/Associates: Laszlo Kreizler, Cyrus Montrose, John Moore, Sara Howard, Marcus and Lucius Isaacson, Nosy, Crazy Butch, Monk Eastman, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Hickie the Hun, El Nino.
Past Love Interests: Kat Devlin (as a teenager).