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This is a '''list of historical criminals of New York City''' including underworld figures, gang members and others of the ''[[Old New York]]''-era from 1825 to 1925, many of whom were later the subject of [[Herbert Asbury]]'s "''[[The Gangs of New York]]''" as well as some who were later portrayed in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s 2002 film [[Gangs of New York]].
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==Gang Members==
===Batavia Street Gang===
{{main|Batavia Street Gang}}


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*[[Duck Reardon]] (1900s)
[[Image:Beecroft public school logo.jpg]]<br />
*[[Mike Walsh (gangster)|Mike Walsh]] (1900s)
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*[[Baby-Faced Willie]] (1870s)
| '''Motto''' || In Knowledge We Grow
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| '''Established''' || [[1897]]
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| '''School type''' || Government, Public
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| '''Principal''' || Jennie Ryan
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| '''Location'''
| [[Beecroft, New South Wales|Beecroft]], [[New South Wales]]
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| '''School colours''' || Blue and White
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| '''Grades''' || Kinder- Year 6
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| '''Website'''
| [http://www.Beecroft-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Beecroft Primary Homepage]
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'''Beecroft public School''' is a public school located in [[Beecroft]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. It was Established in [[1897]].
===Bowe Brothers===
It provides education to children from the [[Beecroft]] and [[Cheltenham, New South Wales|Cheltenham]] area of North Western Sydney. The Principal is Mrs Jennie Ryan.
*[[Bill Bowe]] (1850s)
*[[Jack Bowe]] (1850s)
*[[James Bowe]] (1850s)
*[[Martin Bowe]] (1850s)
*[[Jack Madill]]


== Opportunity Classes ==
===Bowery Boys===
Beecroft has two Oppportunity Classes drawing gifted and talented children from all over the region. To be offered a place a student must pass a strict exam. Beecroft often has ten or more people who get into this class.
{{main|Bowery Boys}}


== The School Houses ==
*[[Chuck Connors (politician)|Chuck Connors]] (1852-1913)
* The school has four houses: Lawson (blue), Mackellar (green), Paterson (yellow), and Kendall (red). These are named after famous significant Australian poets.
*[[Mose the Fireboy]] (1840s-1850s)
*[[Charlie Lozier]], associte of the Bowery Boys and brother-in-law of Bill Poole.
*[[William Poole]], "Bill The Butcher" (d. 1855)
*[[Reddy The Blacksmith]] (1870s)
*[[Syksey]] (1840s-1850s)


===Car Barn Gang===
== Carnivals ==
Beecroft Public School has three primary carnivals: swimming, athletics and cross country. All students are encouraged to participate in these events, winning house points which contribute to the overall score of their house at the end of the carnival.
*[[Bill Lingley]], "Big Bill" (d. 1911)
*[[Freddie Muchfeldt]], "The Kid" (d. 1911)


Beecroft Primary school has FOUR houses. Kendall, Mackellar, Paterson and Lawson.
===Charlton Street Gang===
{{main|Charlton Street Gang}}

*[[Sadie The Goat]] (1860s-1870s)

===Corcoran’s Roosters===
*[[Tommy Corcoran (gangster)|Tommy Corcoran]] (1910s)

===Crazy Butch Gang===
{{main|Crazy Butch Gang}}

*[[Crazy Butch]] (1890s)
*[[Darby Kid]] (1890s), shoplifter and girlfriend of Crazy Butch
*[[Jack Zelig]], "Big Jack" (1882-1912)

===Daybreak Boys===
{{main|Daybreak Boys}}

*[[William Howlett]] (1834-1853)
*[[Nicholas Saul]] (1833-1853)
*[[Bill Johnson (gangster)|Bill Johnson]] (1850s)
*[[Sow Madden]] (1850s)
*[[Sam McCarthy]], "Cow Legged Sam" (1850s)
*[[Slobbery Jim]] (1850s)
*[[Patsy The Barber]] (d. 1855)
*[[Molly Maher]] (1850s), associate of the Daybreak Boys and girlfriend of Bill Lowrie

===Dead Rabbits===
{{main|Dead Rabbits}}

*[[Kit Burns]]
*[[Tommy Hadden]]
*[[John Morrissey]] (d. 1878)
*[[Hell-Cat Maggie]] (1840s)

===Dutch Mob===
{{main|Dutch Mob}}

*[[Mike Kurtz]], "Sheeny Mike" (1870s)
*[[Little Freddie]] (1870s)
*[[Johnny Irving]] (d. 1883)
*[[Billy Porter (criminal)|Billy Porter]] (d. 1883)
*[[Gilbert Yost]] (1870s)

===Eastman Gang===
{{main|Eastman Gang}}

*[[Monk Eastman]] (1880-1920)
*[[Jack Zelig]], "Big Jack" (1882-1912)
*[[Red Phil Davidson]] (1910s)
*[[Tommy Dykes]] (1900s)
*[[Richie Fitzpatrick]] (1880-1905)
*[[Vach Lewis]], "Cyclone Louis" (1882-1908)
*[[Charles Livin]], "Ike the Blood" (1900s)
*[[Chick Tricker]] (1910s)
*[[Max Zwerbach]], "Kid Twist" (d. 1908)
*[[Kid Dahl]] (1900s)
*[[Jack Sirocco]] (1900s-1910s)
*[[Chris Wallace (gangster)|Chris Wallace]] (1900s)
*[[Charley Torti]] (1910s)
*[[Julie Morrell]] (d. 1911)
*[[Diamond Charley]], [[Bowery]] drug peddler who organized and later monopolized the selling of [[chloral]] and [[morphine]].
*[[Carroll Terry]], [[Coney Island]] dancing girl and girlfriend of [[Kid Twist]]

===Five Points Gang===
{{main|Five Points Gang}}

*[[Paul Kelly (criminal)|Paul Kelly]] (1876-1926/1936)
*[[Nathan Kaplan]], "Kid Dropper" (d. 1923)
*[[James T. Ellison]], "Biff" (1900s)
*[[Pat Hogan]], “Rough House Hogan” (1900s)
*[[Jack McManus]], "Eat 'Em Up" (1900s)
*[[Louis Pioggi]], "Louie the Lump" (1900s)
*[[John McCarthy (criminal)|John McCarthy]] (1900s)
*[[Bill Harrington]] (d. 1908)
*[[Joe Hickman]], "Itsky Joe"
*[[Cora the Blonde]] (1910s), popular [[New Brighton]] showgirl and girlfriend of Paul Kelly.

'''James Street Gang'''
*[[John Torrio]], "Terrible John" (1882-1957)
*[[Al Capone]] (1899-1947)
*[[Charles Luciano]], "Lucky Luciano" (1896-1962)
*[[Frankie Yale]] (1893-1928)

===Forty Thieves===
{{main|40 Thieves}}

*[[Edward Coleman (gangster)|Edward Coleman]] (d. 1839)

'''Forty Little Thieves'''
*[[Magie Carson]], "Wild Magie" (1850s)

===Gas House Gang===
{{main|Gas House Gang}}

*[[Tommy Lynch (gangster)|Tommy Lynch]] (d. 1913)
*[[William Jones (gangster)|William Jones]], "Willie" (1900s)

===Gopher Gang===
{{main|Gopher Gang}}

*[[Marty Brennan]] (1900s)
*[[One Lung Curran]] (d. 1917)
*[[Edward Egan (gangster)|Edward Egan]], "Eddie" (1910s)
*[[Razor Riley]] (1900s)
*[[Newburg Gallagher]] (1900s)
*[[Chick Hyland]] (1900s)
*[[Owney Madden]], "Owney the Killer" (1892-1964)
*[[Stumpy Malarkey]] (1900s)
*[[Johnny McArdle]] (1910s)
*[[Jack Mulraney]], "Happy Jack" (1900s)
*[[Battle Annie]], "Queen of Hell's Kitchen" (1900s)
*[[Art Biedler]] (1910s)
*[[William Mott (criminal)|William Mott]], "Willie the Sailor" (1910s)
*[[Buck O'Brian]] (1910s)
*[[Tony Romanello]] (1900s)
*[[Bill Tammany]] (1900s)
*[[Margaret Everdeane]], associate of the Gophers and girlfriend of William Mott.
*[[Freda Horner]], associte of the Gophers and girlfriend of Owney Madden.
*[[Ida The Goose]] (1900s), Manhattan showgirl subject to a brief gangwar between the Gophers and the [[Eastman Gang]] known as the "Ida the Goose War".
*[[Paddy the Priest]] (d. 1911), well-known [[Hell's Kitchen]] saloonkeeper and criminal associate of the Gophers.

===Grady Gang===
{{main|Grady Gang}}

*[[John D. Grady]], "Travelling Mike" (1860s-1870s)
*[[Pet Anderson]], "Boston"
*[[William Burke (gangster)|William Burke]], "Billy the Kid"
*[[Eddie Pettingill]]
*[[Jake Rand]], "Greedy Jake"
*[[Hod Ennis]]

===Jimmy Curley Gang===
*[[James Cariggio]], "Gold Mine Jimmy" (1892-1914)

===Hell's Kitchen Gang===
*[[Dutch Heinrichs]] (1860s-1870s)

===Hook Gang===
{{main|Hook Gang}}

*[[James Coffee]]
*[[Terry Le Strange]]
*[[Suds Merrick]]
*[[Tommy Shay]]
*[[Slipsley Ward]]
*[[Tommy Bonner]]
*[[Johnny Gallagher]]
*[[Sam McCracken]]
*[[Piggy Noles]]

===Hudson Dusters===
{{main|Hudson Dusters}}

*[[Circular Jack]]
*[[Mike Costello (criminal)|Mike Costello]]
*[[Red Farrell]]
*[[Ding Dong (criminal)|Ding Dong]]
*[[Rickey Harrison]]
*[[Jack Diamond (gangster)|Jack Diamond]], "Legs" (1897-1931)
*[[Goo Goo Knox]]
*[[Rubber Shaw]]
*[[Honey Stewart]]
*[[Kid Yorke]]
*[[Patsy Doyle]], "Little" (d. 1914)

===Humpty Jackson Gang===
{{main|Humpty Jackson Gang}}

*[[Humpty Jackson]] (d. 1914)
*[[Lobster Kid]]
*[[Spanish Louie]]
*[[Nigger Ruhl]]
*[[The Grabber]]

===Italian Dave Gang===
*[[Jack Mahaney]]

===Lenox Avenue Gang===
{{main|Lenox Avenue Gang}}

*[[Harry Horowitz]], "Gyp the Blood" (1889-1914)
*[[Frank Cirofici]], "Dago Frank" (d. 1914)
*[[Louis Rosenberg]], "Lefty Louis" (d. 1914)
*[[Jacob Siedenschier]], "Whitey Lewis" (d. 1914)

===Leslie Gang===
*[[George Leonidas Leslie]] (d. 1884)
*[[Abe Coakley]], bank robber
*[[Jimmy Hope]] (1840-18??)
*[[Bill Kelly (gangster)|Bill Kelly]]
*[[Red Leary]]
*[[Johnny Dobbs]] (d. 1892)
*[[Pete Emerson]], "Banjo Pete"
*[[Sam Perris]], "Worcester Sam"
*[[Patrick Shevlin]], "Patty" (c. 1808-18??)
*[[Gilbert Yost]] (1870s)
*[[Babe Irving]] (1880s), sister of [[Johnny Irving]] and girlfriend of George Leslie.

===Little Auggies===
*[[Jacob Orgen]], "Little Augie"
*[[Louis Kirshner]]
*[[Sammy Weiss]]

===Mandelbaum Gang===
*[[Fredericka Mandelbaum]], "Marm"
*[[Big Mary]] (1860s)
*[[Ellen Clegg]] (1870s-1880s)
*[[Kid Glove Rosey]]
*[[Lena Kleinschmidt]], "Black Lena"
*[[Sophie Lyons]]
*[[Queen Liz]], thief

'''Other associates'''
*[[Shang Draper]]
*[[Mike Kurtz]], "Sheeny Mike"
*[[George Leonidas Leslie]]
*[[Johnny Dobbs]]
*[[Joe Douglas]]
*[[Ed Goodie]]
*[[Bill Mosher]]
*[[Ned Lyons]]

===Marginals===
{{main|Marginals}}

*[[Tanner Smith]] (d. 1919)

===Molasses Gang===
{{main|Molasses Gang}}

*[[Jimmy Dunnigan]]
*[[Blind Mahoney]]
*[[Billy Morgan (gangster)|Billy Morgan]]

===Nineteenth Street Gang===
{{main|Nineteenth Street Gang}}

*[[Little Mike]]

===Pansies===
*[[Rags Riley]]

===Patsy Conroy Gang===
*[[Patsy Conroy]]
*[[Wreck Donovan]]
*[[Bum Mahoney]]
*[[Joseph Gayles]], "Socco the Bracer"
*[[Billy Woods (gangster)|Billy Woods]]
*[[Denny Brady]]
*[[Pugsy Hurley]]
*[[Beeny Kane]]
*[[Johnny Dobbs]] (d. 1892)
*[[Scotchy Lavelle]], River pirate.

===Potashes===
*[[Red Shay Meehan]]

===Slaughter House Gang===
{{main|Slaughter House Gang}}

*[[George Leese]], "Snatchem"

===Squab Wheelman Gang===
*[[Crazy Butch]]
*[[Little Kishky]]
*[[Harry The Soldier]]

===Tenth Avenue Gang===
{{main|Tenth Avenue Gang}}

*[[Ike Marsh]]

===Tub of Blood Bunch===
{{main|Tub of Blood Bunch}}

*[[Brian Boru (criminal)|Brian Boru]]
*[[Sweeney The Boy]]
*[[Hop Along Peter]]
*[[Skinner Meehan]]
*[[Dutch Hen]]
*[[Jack Cody (criminal)|Jack Cody]]

===Walsh Gang===
*[[Johnny Walsh]], "Johnny the Mick" (d. 1883)

===White Hand Gang===
{{main|White Hand Gang}}

*[[Richard Lonergan]], "Peg Leg" (d. 1925)
*[[Bill Lovett]], "Wild Bill" (d. 1923)
*[[Dinny Meehan]] (d. 1920)

===Whyos===
{{main|Whyos}}

*[[Johnny Dolan]], "Dandy" (c. 1850-1876)
*[[Danny Driscoll]] (c. 1860-1888)
*[[Piker Ryan]]
*[[Red Rocks Farrell]]
*[[Josh Hines]], "Big Josh"
*[[Bull Hurley]]
*[[Danny Lyons]] (d. 1888)
*[[Fig McGerald]]
*[[Mike McGloin]] (d. 1883)
*[[Baboon Connolly]]
*[[Googles Corcoran]]
*[[Hoggy Walsh]]

===Yakey Yakes===
{{main|Yakey Yakes}}

*[[Yakey Yake Brady]]

===Yiddish Black Hand===
{{main|Yiddish Black Hand}}

*[[Johnny Levinsky]]
*[[Joseph Toplinsky]]
*[[Charles Vitoffsky]], "Charley the Cripple"

===Independent leaders===
{{main|Labor Slugger War}}

*[[Joe Baker (gangster)|Joe Baker]], East Side Gang leader.
*[[Big Nose Bunker]], Independent gang leader.
*[[Ralph Daniello]], "Ralph the Barber" and labor racketeer.
*[[Benjamin Fein]] "Dopey Benny", labor racketeer.
*[[Abie Fisher]], independent gang leader and labor racketeer.
*[[Porkie Flaherty]], Lower East Side Gang leader and labor racketeer.
*[[Jimmy Haggerty]] "Wild Jimmy" (d. 1871)
*[[Pickles Laydon]], Independent gang leader.
*[[Billy Lustig]], independent gang leader and labor racketeer.
*[[Punk Madden]], independent gang leader and labor racketeer.
*[[Al Rooney]], Fourteenth Street Gang leader.
*[[Joseph Rosenzweig]], labor racketeer.
*[[Philip Paul]] "Pinchy" (d. 1914), independent gang leader and labor racketeer.
*[[Joseph Quinn]] (1861-1887), alleged gangster and rival of [[Whyos]] leader [[Danny Lyons]].
*[[Abe Roach]] "Little Rhody", independent gang leader and labor racketeer.
*[[Frank Salvatore]], "Mike the Dago"
*[[Kid Shanahan]], gangster and river pirate.
*[[Tom The Mick]], gangster.

==City Officials==
===Police===
{{main|New York Police Department}}

*Captain [[Anthony J. Allaire]]
*Sergeant [[Francis J. Banfield]] (d. 1883), member of the "Steamboat Squad".
*Detective [[Charles Becker]] (1869-1915)
*Street Commissioner [[Jacob Brown (police officer)|Jacob Brown]]
*[[Sergeant Burdick]]
*Inspector [[Thomas F. Byrnes]] (1842-1910)
*Captain [[John Cameron (police officer)|John Cameron]] (1807-1873)
*Captain [[Jim Churchill]]
*Street Commissioner [[Daniel D. Conover]]
*Sergeant [[Theron S. Copeland]]
*Sergeant [[John D. Coughlin]]
*Captain [[T.J. Creedon]]
*Captain [[William S. Devery]]
*Detective [[John M. Dorcy]]
*Deputy Commissioner [[George S. Dougherty]]
*Commissioner [[Richard E. Enright]]
*Inspector [[Joseph A. Faurot]]
*Inspector [[John S. Folk]] (d. 1885)
*Captain [[George W. Gastlin]]
*Captain [[William H. Hodgins|William H. "Big Bill" Hodgins]]
*Chief [[George W. Matsell]]
*Inspector [[George McCluskey (police inspector)|George McCluskey]]
*Captain [[John H. McCullagh]]
*Captain [[Charles McDonnell]]
*Commissioner [[Douglas I. McCay]]
*[[Sergeant O'Connell]]
*Inspector [[Joseph Petrosino]]
*Captain [[Max F. Schmittberger]]
*[[Captain Slot]]
*Captain [[Thomas S. Steers]]
*Patrolman [[Dennis Sullivan (police officer)|Dennis Sullivan]]
*Captain [[Thomas Woolsey Thorne]] (1823-1885)
*Inspector [[Alexander S. Williams]]
*Captain [[Cornelius Willemse]]
*Commissioner [[Arthur Woods]]

===Draft Riots===
{{main|New York Draft Riots}}

'''Military'''
*Secretary of War [[Edwin M. Stanton]]
*General [[Harvey Brown (US Army officer)|Harvey Brown]]
*General [[C.W. Sandford]]
*General [[Patrick H. Jones]]
*Captain [[Henry F. Putnam]]
*Captain [[John H. Howell]]
*Colonel [[Thaddeus P. Mott]]
*Colonel [[H. J. O'Brien]]
*Colonel [[Cleveland Winslow]]
*Colonel [[Robert Nugent (US Army officer)|Robert Nugent]]
*Colonel [[E.E. Jardine]]
*[[Lieutenant Eagleson]]
*[[Hawkins' Zouaves]]

'''Police'''
*Commissioner [[Thomas C. Acton]]
*Commissioner [[John C. Bergen]]
*Commissioner [[Simeon Draper]]
*Superintendant [[John Alexander Kennedy|John A. Kennedy]]
*Inspector [[Daniel C. Carpenter]]
*Captain [[James Z. Bogart]]
*[[Captain Brower]]
*Captain [[John F. Dickson]]
*Captain [[George W. Dilks]]
*Captain [[A.C. Devoursney]], one of the officers who defended the [[New York Tribune]] during the New York draft riots.
*Captain [[Joel B. Erhardt]]
*Captain [[John Jourdan]]
*Captain [[G.T. Porter]]
*Captain [[Francis C. Speight]]
*Captain [[George W. Walling]]
*Captain [[Jacob B. Warlow]]
*Sergeant [[Frederick Ellison (police officer)|Frederick Ellison]]
*Sergeant [[John Mangin]]
*Sergeant [[Robert A. McCredie]]
*Sergeant [[S.B. Smith]]
*[[Sergeant Van Orden]]
*[[Sergeant Wade]]
*[[Sergeant Wolfe]]

'''Others'''
*[[John Decker]], Chief Engineer of the [[New York Fire Department]].
*[[Henry J. Raymond]], journalist and writer for the [[New York Times]] who extensively covered the [[New York Draft Riots]].

===Politicians===
{{main|Tammany Hall}}

*[[Peter Cooper]]
*[[Richard Croker]]
*[[Tom Foley (politican)|Tom Foley]]
*[[Warren W. Foster]]
*[[William J. Gaynor]]
*[[Henry George]]
*[[Hugh J. Grant]]
*[[Jonathan H. Grant]]
*[[Abram S. Hewitt]]
*[[Henry Hilton]]
*[[Max Hochstein]]
*[[Bill Howe]], "Big Bill" (d. 1906)
*[[Abe Hummell]], "Little Abe" (d. 1926)
*[[John Kelly (U.S. politician)|John Kelly]], "Honest John"
*[[Dan Kerrigan]]
*[[George Law (politician)|George Law]]
*[[John Purroy Mitchel]]
*[[George Opdyke]]
*[[Charles A. Perkins]]
*[[Horatio Seymour]]
*[[Alfred E. Smith]]
*[[Charles S. Solomon]], "Silver Dollar Smith"
*[[Tim Sullivan]], "Big Tim"
*[[Tim Sullivan]], "Little Tim"
*[[Edward Swann]]
*[[Robert Van Wyck]]
*[[Charles S. Whitman]]
*[[Fernando Wood]]

===Tammany Hall sluggers===
*[[Lew Baker]]
*[[Paudeen McLaughlin]]
*[[Jim Turner (criminal)|Jim Turner]]
*Captain [[Isaiah Rynders]]
*[[Country McCleester]]
*[[Ned Buntline|Edward Z.C. Judson]]
*[[Dirty Face Jack]]

==Criminals==
*[[Mike Abrams]], "Big Mike" (d. 1898)
*[[Ah Hoon]] (d. 1909)
*[[Ah Ken]] (1850s-1870s)
*[[John Allen (criminal)|John Allen]] (c. 1830-19??)
*[[Theodore Allen (criminal)|Theodore Allen]], "The Dive Keeper" (1880s)
*[[George Appo]] (1858-1930)
*[[Leon L. J. Bernard]], embezzler
*[[Big Sue]] (1860s)
*[[Boiled Oysters Malloy]], thief
*[[Mike Byrnes]], burglar
*[[Dan The Dude]], saloon keeper and underworld figure involved in illegal gambling and political "fixer". (1900s-1910s)
*[[Joe Erich]], fence
*[[Kate Flannery (bouncer)|Kate Flannery]]
*[[Jack Frenchy]], "Jack the Ripper"
*[[Barney Friery]], thief
*[[Larry Griffen]], burglar
*[[Hester Jane Haskins]], "Jane the Grabber"
*[[Albert E. Hicks]] (d. 1860)
*[[Izzy Lazarus]], "London Izzy"
*[[Joseph Alexander (banco man)|Joseph Lewis]], "Hungry Joe"
*[[Little Annie (criminal)|Little Annie]] (1870s)
*[[Ludwig The Bloodsucker]]
*[[Gallus Mag]] (1850s-1870s)
*[[Charles P. Miller]], banco man
*[[Dan Noble]], burglar
*[[John Nugent (police officer)|John Nugent]] (1870s)
*[[Tom O'Brien]], banco man
*[[Tom Flaherty|Old Flaherty]], river pirate
*[[Old Mother Hubbard (criminal)|Old Mother Hubbard]]
*[[Moses Ehrich|Old Unger]], fence
*[[Rosanna Peers]], fence
*[[Red Light Lizzie]], procuress
*[[Madame Restell|Mme. Restell]], "Madam Killer"
*[[Henry G. Romaine]], grave robber
*[[Peter Sawyer]], thief
*[[Mark Shinburn]] (c. 1838-1915), burglar
*[[Ephriam Snow]], fence
*[[Mary Varly]], shoplifter
*[[Reed Waddell]] (1859-1895), confidence man
*[[Bridgie Webber]] (1910s)
*[[Pete Williams (criminal)|Pete Williams]], a dive keeper based in Slaughter House Point. (1850s)

==Other personalities==
===Gamblers===
*[[The Bottler]]
*[[William Busteed]]
*[[Richard Canfield]]
*[[John Daly (gambler)|John Daly]]
*[[Dinky Davis]]
*[[Sam Emery]]
*[[Pat Herne]]
*[[Kid Jigger]]
*[[Davy Johnson]]
*[[Reuben Parsons]]
*[[Sam Paul]]
*[[Jack Rose (gambler)|Jack Rose]], "Bald Jack"
*[[Herman Rosenthal (gambler)|Herman "Beansie" Rosenthal]]
*[[Sam Schepps]]
*[[Harry Vallon]]
*[[Wah Kee]]

===Industrialists===
*[[Barnett Baff]] (d. 1914), businessman and "poultry king" killed by [[Gaetano Reina]] and other Sicilian mafiosi.
*[[Jim Churchill]] (1910s), businessmen and restaurant owner.
*[[Harris Cohen]], businessmen who owned a chain of successful stores in [[Baxter Street]].
*[[Joe Howard, Jr.]]
*[[David Lamar]], "Wolf of Wall Street"
*[[Rufus L. Lord]]
*[[Anthony Rutger]], industrialist
*[[Alexander T. Stewart]]

===Prostitutes===
*[[Crazy Lou]] (d. 1886), Bowery prostitute and dance hall girl.
*[[Bunty Kate]], Five Points prostitute of [[Whyos]] leader [[Danny Lyons]].
*[[Bridget Sullivan (mistress)|Beezy Garrity]] (d. 1886), Five Points prostitute killed during a shootout between [[Whyos]] leader [[Danny Driscoll]] and [[John McCarty]].
*[[Margaret Hall|Gentle Maggie]], Five Points prostitute under Danny Lyons.
*[[Hoochie-Coochie Mary]], a longtime Chinatown prostitute.
*[[Elizabeth Jennings (prostitute)|Lizzie The Dove]], Five Points prostitute under Danny Lyons.
*[[Kitty McGowan|Pretty Kitty McGowan]], Five Points prostitute and subject of a gunfight between Danny Lyons and [[Joseph Quinn]].
*[[Old Shakespeare]] (d. 1891), Bowery prostitute and alledged murder victim of [[Jack the Ripper]].

===Reformers===
*Rev. [[A. C. Arnold]]
*[[Daniel Drew]]
*[[Oliver Dyer]]
*[[Richard K. Fox]], New York publisher and editor of the ''Police Gazette''.
*[[James W. Gerard]]
*[[George W. Goff]], judge
*[[Jonathan H. Green]]
*[[John Hughes (archbishop)|Archbishop John Hughes]]
*[[Kim Huie]]
*[[William Travers Jerome]]
*[[Jerry McAuley]]
*Rev. [[Charles Henry Parkhurst]]
*Rev. [[Lewis Morris Pease]]
*Rev. [[T. DeWitt Talmage]] (1870s)
*[[Lewis Tappan]], abolitionist

===Saloon keepers===
*[[Burley Bohan]]
*[[Tom Bray]]
*[[Johnny Camphine]]
*[[Ed Coffee]]
*[[Harry Hill (saloon keeper)|Harry Hill]]
*[[Barney Flynn]]
*[[Owney Geogheghan]]
*[[Jimmy Kelly (saloon keeper)|Jimmy Kelly]]
*[[John Kelly (saloon keeper)|John Kelly]]
*[[Jimmy Lee (saloon keeper)|Jimmy Lee]]
*[[Billy McGlory]]
*[[Mallet Murphy]]
*[[Mersher The Strong Arm]]
*[[Peter Mitchell (saloon keeper)|Peter Mitchell]]
*[[Charlie Monell]], "One Armed Charlie"
*[[Billy Patterson]], bartender
*[[Jack Pioggi]]
*[[Shin Reynolds]]
*[[Mush Riley]]
*[[Mike Salter]]
*[[Frank Stephenson (saloon keeper)|Frank Stephenson]]

===Sportsmen===
*[[James Ambrose]], "Yankee Sullivan"
*[[James J. Corbett|Jim Corbett]]
*[[Bob Fitzsimmons]]
*[[Tom Heenan]], "Benicia Boy"
*[[Joe Humphries (boxing official)|Joe Humphries]]
*[[Tom Hyer]]
*[[James J. Jeffries|Jim Jefferies]]
*[[John L. Sullivan]]
*[[Steve Taylor (pugilist)|Steve Taylor]]

===Other residents===
*[[Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia|Grand Duke Alexis]] (1850-1908), Russian noble who reportedly discovered a destitute Russian countess working as a waitress at [[Bismark Hall]] whom he brought back to Russia.
*[[Bow Kun]] (d. 1909), Chinese slave girl, also known as "Sweet Flower", whose murder caused a major gang war among the [[Tongs]] of New York's Chinatown.
*[[Chin Yin]], artist and calligrapher who helped design the Chinese theater in Chinatown.
*[[Jack Dempsey (panhandler)|Jack Dempsey]], Bowery panhandler and resident of the infamous "Dump".
*[[Jim Farrell]], a prominent Bowery [[panhandler]] who, becoming blind from excessive drinking, was said to been carried out of John Kelly's dive and died in an alcoholics ward in [[Bellevue Hospital]] soon after.
*[[Edward Forrest]], actor whose performance at the [[Bowery Theater]] was interupted by a riot between [[Whig]] and [[Tammany Hall]] supporters in July 1834.
*[[Tom Frizzell]], known as “King of the Panhandlers”, Frizzell was a well-known character in the [[Bowery]].
*[[Ha Oi]], adopted daughter of [[Mock Duck]].
*[[William Henshaw]], clerk killed by [[Owney Madden]] over a girl.
*[[Henry Hilton]], prominent lawyer who negotiated on behalf of the widow of Alexander T. Stewart for the return of his body stolen by [[George Leonidas Leslie]] and his gang.
*[[Raymond Hitchcock (actor)|Raymond Hitchcock]], turn of the century actor who owned the Chinese Theater in Chinatown during the [[Tong wars]].
*[[Hom Ling]], Chinese [[dramatist|tragician]] who performed with comic [[Ah Hoon]] at the Chinese Theater.
*[[Jack The Rat]], Bowery character and son-in-law of Dead Rabbits leader Kit Burns who took bets at [[Sportsman Hall]] to bite the head off of a mouse for ten cents and decapitate a rat for a quarter.
*Dr. [[James Littlefield]], early [[Broadway]] resident and first [[chiropodist]] to practice in New York.
*[[William Charles Macready]], British-born actor who instigated the [[Astor Place Riot]] in 1849 when he was chased off the stage of the Astor Place Opera House by an [[Irish-American]] mob.
*[[Mark Maguire (sports writer)|Mark Maguire]], sports writer and first "King of the Newsboys".
*[[Richard Mansfield]], actor and honorary member of the Chuck Conners Club.
*[[Roy L. McCardell]], journalist and associate of Chuck Conners.
*[[Walt B. McDougal]], cartoonist and honorary member of the Chuck Conners Club.
*[[Frank Moss (lawyer)|Frank Moss]], lawyer and council for Rev. [[Charles Henry Parkhurst]].
*[[Gustavus Myers]], author
*[[Nellie Noonan]], actress known as "Queen of the Seventh Ward" and associate of Chuck Conners.
*[[Frank Ward O'Malley]], journalist and associate of Chuck Conners.
*[[John L. Stevens (author)|John L. Stevens]], author of ''Stevens' Travels'' whose description of Egyptian masusoliums would later be used in the construction of [[The Tombs]].
*[[Whitey Sullivan]], Bowery panhandler later sent to the [[electric chair]].
*[[Tai Yu]], wife of Mock Duck.

==References==
*[[Herbert Asbury|Asbury, Herbert]]. ''The Gangs of New York''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. ISBN 1-56025-275-8
*[[Herbert Asbury|Asbury, Herbert]]. ''All Around the Town: Murder, Scandel and Riot in Old New York''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. ISBN 1-56025-521-8
*Byrnes, Thomas. ''1886 Professional Criminals of America''. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1969.
*Hyde, Stephen and Geno Zanetti (ed.) ''Players: Con Men, Hustlers, Gamblers and Scam Artists''. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002. ISBN 1-56025-380-0
*Luis, Alfred Henry. ''The Apaches of New York''. New York: G.W. Dillingham Company, 1912.
*Phillips, Charles and Alan Axelrod. ''Cops, Crooks, and Criminologists: An International Biographical Dictionary of Law Enforcement Updated Edition''. New York: Checkmark Books, 2000. ISBN 0-8160-3016-2
*Sifakis, Carl. ''The Encyclopedia of American Crime''. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2005. ISBN 0-8160-4040-0
*Walling, George W. ''Recollections of a New York Chief of Police: An Official Record of Thiry-eight Years as Patrolman, Detective, Captain, Inspector and Chief of the New York Police''. New York: Caxton Book Concern, 1887.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Society/Gangs.NYC.html 1829 Gangs of New York]
* [http://www.beecroft-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ School website]


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Motto In Knowledge We Grow
Established 1897
School type Government, Public
Principal Jennie Ryan
Location Beecroft, New South Wales
School colours Blue and White
Grades Kinder- Year 6
Website Beecroft Primary Homepage

Beecroft public School is a public school located in Beecroft, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was Established in 1897. It provides education to children from the Beecroft and Cheltenham area of North Western Sydney. The Principal is Mrs Jennie Ryan.

Opportunity Classes

Beecroft has two Oppportunity Classes drawing gifted and talented children from all over the region. To be offered a place a student must pass a strict exam. Beecroft often has ten or more people who get into this class.

The School Houses

  • The school has four houses: Lawson (blue), Mackellar (green), Paterson (yellow), and Kendall (red). These are named after famous significant Australian poets.

Carnivals

Beecroft Public School has three primary carnivals: swimming, athletics and cross country. All students are encouraged to participate in these events, winning house points which contribute to the overall score of their house at the end of the carnival.

Beecroft Primary school has FOUR houses. Kendall, Mackellar, Paterson and Lawson.

External links

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