Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published byBarnaby Wilkinson Modified over 9 years ago
1
THE GANGS OF THE LOWER EASTSIDE 1880-1920 Poles, Italians and Jews
2
TWO MAJOR GANGS The Five Points Gang - 1500 Members The Eastman Gang - 1200 Members
3
TWO LEADERS The Five Points Gang - Paul Kelly 1876–1936 The Eastman gang - Edward “Monk” Eastman 1875 – 1920
4
Gangs’ Bases Paul Kelly - New Brighton Dance Hall Monk Eastman
5
NEW BRIGHTON DANCE HALL Back Then Nowadays
6
THE FIVE POINTS GANG
7
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)
8
THE REASONS CAUSE LAGRE GANGS Police Department - Not Effective Providing Homes - Not Enough
9
GROWTH OF FIVE POINTS GANGS Italian immigrants - Nearly four Million Money - Threatening Voters
10
THE EASTMAN GANG Running Brothels Protection Rackets Drug Rings Murder-for-hire Operations Voter Fraud
11
WARFARE 1903 Rivington Street Almost 100 People With Weapons Lasted Several Hours Police Came At End
12
TWO MONTHS PEACE A Tammany Hall Deputy - Tom Foley End up with a Boxing Match - Bronx.
13
KELLY VS EASTMAN Tight Match - Used to be a Professional Boxer - Quite Large Man Draw - A Tammany Hall Supported Five Pointers
14
MONK EASTMAN Fall Of The Eastman - Leader Was Beaten - 10 Year Sentence Successor was murdered - Max Zwerbach
15
MAFIA GANGS Take Over All The Five Pointes Criminal Activities - Monk Eastman – 1920 - Paul Kelly - 1936
16
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
17
The End
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.