the gangs of the lower eastside 1880-1920 poles, italians and jews
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TWO LEADERS
The Five Points Gang
- Paul Kelly 1876–1936
The Eastman gang
- Edward “Monk” Eastman
1875 – 1920
A TA K E- O U T M E N U O F I T S S E RV I C E S
Punching ($2)
Nose and jawbone broken ($10)
Leg or arm broken ($19),
Shot in the leg ($25)
“doing the big job” ($100 and up)
T H E R E A S O N S C AU S E L A G R E G A N G S
Police Department
- Not Effective
Providing Homes
- Not Enough
G R OW T H O F F I V E P O I N T S G A N G S
Italian immigrants
- Nearly four Million
Money
- Threatening Voters
THE EASTMAN GANG
Running Brothels
Protection Rackets
Drug Rings
Murder-for-hire Operations
Voter Fraud
WARFARE
1903
Rivington Street
Almost 100 People With Weapons
Lasted Several Hours
Police Came At End
KELLY V S EASTMAN
Tight Match
- Used to be a Professional Boxer
- Quite Large Man
Draw
- A Tammany Hall Supported Five Pointers
MONK EASTMAN
Fall Of The Eastman
- Leader Was Beaten
- 10 Year Sentence
Successor was murdered
- Max Zwerbach
MAFIA GANGS
Take Over All The Five Pointes Criminal Activities
- Monk Eastman – 1920
- Paul Kelly - 1936
T H E G A M E S O F LOW E R E A S T S I D E
Honorable Motions
- Monk Eastman Went To World War I
- Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Celebrity Gangsters
- John "Papa Johnny" Torrio, Papa Gangster
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