THE GANGS OF THE LOWER EASTSIDE Poles, Italians and Jews

TWO MAJOR GANGS  The Five Points Gang Members  The Eastman Gang Members

TWO LEADERS  The Five Points Gang - Paul Kelly 1876–1936  The Eastman gang - Edward “Monk” Eastman 1875 – 1920

Gangs’ Bases Paul Kelly - New Brighton Dance Hall Monk Eastman

NEW BRIGHTON DANCE HALL Back Then Nowadays

THE FIVE POINTS GANG

A TAKE-OUT MENU OF ITS SERVICES  Punching ($2)  Nose and jawbone broken ($10)  Leg or arm broken ($19),  Shot in the leg ($25)  “doing the big job” ($100 and up)

THE REASONS CAUSE LAGRE GANGS  Police Department - Not Effective  Providing Homes - Not Enough

GROWTH OF FIVE POINTS GANGS  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

TWO MONTHS PEACE  A Tammany Hall Deputy - Tom Foley  End up with a Boxing Match - Bronx.

KELLY VS 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 – Paul Kelly

THE GAMES OF LOWER EASTSIDE  Honorable Motions - Monk Eastman Went To World War I - Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Celebrity Gangsters - John "Papa Johnny" Torrio, Papa Gangster

The End