Graham Specter

 Graham Specter (グラハム スペクタ) A young man who was not directly involved with any of the main events in the anime. He harbors deep admiration for Ladd, whom he refers to as an "older brother", and can be compared to him insofar as his psychotic, murderous attitude. Graham is obsessed with breaking things, a complex that generally manifests in dismantling cars, but sometimes results in his wanting to "break" other humans as well. He dresses in a blue mechanic's outfit and carries an oversized monkey wrench. Graham also has a peculiar tendency to speak frantically, repetitively, and often philosophizes violently and contradictorily--he will lament about his current state of affairs in the most negative way possible, before changing his mood and suddenly view the same issue in the most positive way possible.

History
Little is known about Graham's history previous to his encounter with Ladd in 1929, but assuming he's around 22 by 1932, it means he would be born in 1910. He apparently had a mother, father, and sister. Wow! A relatively normal family! Except for Graham. He's always been weird. At one point in his life, he developed a "crush" on his older sister, (because she looked like him, aka same hair and eye color; so really Graham's just a huge fucking narcissist). He's always had an obsession with breaking things, even as a child. His parents would tell him not to, because he "didn't understand how broken things felt" but for some reason, he felt he did, and thus continued to be a total whackjob about it.

And some how, surprisingly, he managed to live through his teenage years.

1929: Graham worked for a car company called Van Dyke Auto Plant as a mechanic. How he even got that job remains a mystery. Probably because of his sick mechanic skills. Either way, somewhere down the line during his time working there, the Van Dyke Auto Plant, or at least the owners of it, were screwing with the Russo family, swapping out their higher quality goods for lesser crap, and sticking the Russo name on it. As a result, Placido Russo (the head of the Russo family) sends Ladd Russo to "talk" to them, knowing that by "talk" he usually means "kill everyone and dance around in their blood" because that's kind of Ladd's thing.

As Ladd goes about his business of shooting everyone in the face with a shotgun, part of a vehicle gets damaged in the process. Now this pisses Graham off, because he wanted to take that car apart, but it's damaged, and therefore tainted. Nevermind that there's his fellow employees bodies all over the place, Graham mourns the loss of the car, by of course, bashing his head into it a few times, and spouting nonsense about love. This, understandably, confuses Ladd. So what does Ladd do when he's confused? Kill things. But before Ladd can shoot him, Graham begins to hit his wrench into the ground, forming a crater sized impact, which distracts Ladd from shooting. The other finally gains his balance, and prepares to shoot Graham again, but he deflects the bullet with his wrench. At this point Ladd's really confused, because who the fuck does that. The two then exchange banter while fighting, until Graham finally hits Ladd in the side with his wrench, in an attempt to "break" the other. However, Ladd just laughs instead, throwing a stunned Graham into a pile of rubble, and is right about to shoot him, yet again. Graham accepts that he lost, and asks to be killed, but now because the blond wants to die, Ladd refuses to kill him, and instead shoots a random bystander. They both laugh hysterically, because they are kind of certifiably psycho.

1932: Graham finds out that Ladd (Who he now calls "Boss Ladd") is seriously injured and has been arrested after an incident on the transcontinental railroad train called "The Flying Pussyfoot." He is then told that another gang of people arrived in New York the same time they did, a gang led by a man named Jacuzzi Splot who are being sheltered by a member of the Genoard family (Eve Genoard). Graham then comes up with the idea of kidnapping Eve, to lure Jacuzzi out, and then use Jacuzzi (who is wanted by the Russo family) to extort money from the Russo bosses, and tribute the whole thing to Ladd.

…However, Graham winds up kidnapping the wrong person. He kidnaps a mute woman named Chane, who is friends with Jacuzzi. Graham apologizes to Chane about kidnapping her (but doesn't regret doing so), thinking she is too frightened to speak (when hello, she's really mute), and philosophies about the ups and downs of not being able to speak. Chane then pulls out a concealed knife, and attacks Graham. The two start fighting, and Graham realizes that this isn't Eve. But he doesn't care, continues fighting, until Jacuzzi arrives, saying he has a bounty on his head, and in exchange for letting Chane go, Graham could turn him in for the money. However, Graham is somehow touched by this moment of self-sacrifice, and debates on whether or not he should let Chane and Jacuzzi get off scot-free, or if he likes fighting with Chane enough to just ignore Jacuzzi. They are interupted by the rest of Jacuzzi's gang arriving, along with a man named Claire, who randomly proposes to Chane. Graham is fed up with being ignored, and starts to ramble on about his certainty of things, eventually going to the subject of Ladd. Claire then tells Graham he's the one who knocked Ladd of the train, and Graham, in shock, attacks Claire. Claire dodges all these attacks easily, and Graham decides that Claire is a more worthy rival of Ladd, and thus, he leaves his warehouse, mentioning to Jacuzzi on the way out that he can come by any time he likes, since Graham owns the place anyway.

Quotes

 * "Oh, life is fun! Try sayin' that ten times fast ten thousand times a minute every day for the rest of your life and it'll screw with your head so bad that all problems will disappear like MAGIC! Okay okay okay, I've gotten past the sadness and as of now I'm evolving to a HIGHER STAAAATE! Right!? Tell me you all think so! Life...is a magnificent beast, and it excites me." - Episode 14.
 * "Nice! I love a happy story more than anything else. So, explain to me why a gang of criminals is comin' and goin' at this place. Burglary? It's got to be burglary...DAMN! Okay, before they get ahead of us we've gotta start dismantling houses. I want you to carry out their safes, bring them here and then start takin' them apaaart apart apartapartapart- DAMN! I'm startin' to get wound up again! TRANSCENDENTALLY HOPELESSLY WOUND UP!" - Episode 14.
 * "Let me show you! I really don't like you! Since I don't, I'll CLOBBER you! I'm gonna beat you as much as I want to, you hear me!? I'M GONNA HURT YOU OVER AND OVER AGAIN! What's wrong with that, huh? Tell me! You can't, can you!? You should be GRATEFUL! Thanks to my unbelievable attack, you don't have to offer any more of your pathetic EXCUSES!" - Episode 14.
 * "Tedium is such a crime, it takes the limited amount of time that is given to man, and rather than spending it in indolence or drowning it in pleasure, it just sits there: sucking, eating it up. I can't put up with that, tedium is a crime! Death to tedium! Die!" - Episode 15.