Not Much is known about his early Life other than he was born in c.1948 in New York City. The backyard of his home abutted the backyard of Joseph Testa's. Henry, on occasion, travelled to Morocco to purchase hashish. In 1974, during what would be his last trip at twenty-six years old to Casablanca, he was arrested while in possession of a test amount. He was released, but with a warning that if he was to return to the country that he would be thrown in prison and never leave again. After his return to Canarsie, he sought a job at his father-in-law's car service company. When he was younger, he had ambitions to be a police officer and had taken the entrance exam and passed. Unfortunately when New York City froze the hiring list during a budget crisis, he was arrested twice for petty burglar