The crickets are simply background noise at the wagon train. The only times they are really loud is when the sound effects volume is turned up so that "Muscles" can complain about their noise.
Several times "Hell's Kitchen" is referred to as being in Brooklyn. It's actually in Manhattan.
After Chris finds out about "Jersey" and "Muscles" running an insurance scam, aka protection money, he kicks them off the train, but he doesn't do anything about getting back the money for the 50 people that were scammed.