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    Edward "Monk" Eastman (1875 – December 26, 1920) was an American gangster who founded and led the Eastman Gang in the late 19th and early 20th century;...
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    crime in New York City. Under the leadership of Monk Eastman, a well known bouncer and hired thug, the Eastman Gang spent the next decade establishing a criminal...
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  • crime in the 1900s, arranged chronologically. Monk Eastman claims New York's East Side for the Eastman Gang, now numbering an estimated 1,100. This eventually...
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    their own. Kelly's main rival was Monk Eastman, whose gang of more than 2,000 controlled New York's Lower East Side. Eastman, an old-fashioned thug of the...
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    most of Manhattan from the late 1860s until the early 1890s, when the Monk Eastman Gang defeated the last of the Whyos. The name came from the gang's cry...
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    executed, along with Everett Applegate, in 1936. Monk Eastman, New York gangster and leader of the Eastman Gang, was sentenced to 10 years at Sing Sing in...
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    century in New York City, Monk Eastman (who himself was most likely not Jewish) operated a powerful Jewish gang known as the Eastman Gang that competed with...
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    territory, rackets and revenue to be made from illicit activities. Monk Eastman's Eastman Coin Collectors originally had many Irish members before becoming...
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  • proveedor de iniquidades Monk Eastman Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities Monk Eastman El asesino desinteresado...
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  • Joseph Bowne Elwell New York City June 11, 1920 1 Unsolved Murder of Monk Eastman Manhattan, New York City December 26, 1920 1 Gangland killing Arnold...
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  • Julius Eastman, baritone.) 1983 - Monk, Meredith. Turtle Dreams (Includes Julius Eastman, organ.) 1982 - Dinosaur L. 24→24 Music (Includes Julius Eastman, keyboards...
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    August 1933 "El proveedor de iniquidades Monk Eastman" (orig. "Eastman, el proveedor de iniquidades") "Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities" Crítica v. 1...
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  • Richie Fitzpatrick (category Eastman Gang)
    Richard Fitzpatrick (1880 – November 1, 1904) was a top gunman in the Monk Eastman gang in New York City. He had defected from the Five Points Gang in the...
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  • "Little Monk" Monk Williams (1945–2003), American gridiron football player Monk Boudreaux (born 1941), American singer and R&B musician Monk Eastman (1875–1920)...
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  • "John" Vitale, boss of the Detroit Mafia December 26 – Monk Eastman (Edward Osterman), Eastman Gang founder Upon his January 1921 election as Governor...
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  • of Seth Max Eastman (1883–1969), American writer, poet and political activist Monk Eastman (1875–1920), New York gangster P. D. Eastman (1909–1986),...
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    considered one of the premier boxers of the underworld, rivaled only by Monk Eastman, McManus started off as a prize fighter only to begin work in as a bouncer...
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    inventor Jimmy Durante (1893–1980), comedian, actor, singer, and pianist Monk Eastman (1875–1920), gangster Miriam Friedlander (1914–2009), politician Lady...
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    became convinced that he was being stalked by members of the notorious Monk Eastman Gang of New York, believing White had hired them. Nesbit later said:...
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  • Dolan (1848–1898), natural causes Johnny Dolan (1849–1876), executed Monk Eastman (1875–1920), assassinated Paul Kelly (1876–1936), natural causes Vito...
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  • known as "Kid Twist", who defected to Monk Eastman during the Eastman-Five Point gang war. He succeeded Eastman as leader of the gang after the murder...
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  • Jack Sirocco (category Eastman Gang)
    was an early member of the Five Points Gang, but later defected to the Monk Eastman Gang during the gang war in the mid-1900s. Sirocco remained with the...
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  • "Arrest Gang Leader For Woman's Murder; 'Johnny Spanish,' Successor of 'Monk' Eastman, Is Caught after a Long Vigil" (PDF). The New York Times. March 22,...
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  • syndicate leader, Tammany Hall politician and associate of the Whyos and Monk Eastman street gangs. During his first year in office, NYPD Police Commissioner...
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    1908 1890s–1900s New York gangster and head of the Eastman Gang after the arrest of Monk Eastman in 1904. Engaging in a feud with the Five Points Gang...
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    minister Mock Duck (1879–1941), New York Chinese Chinatown gang leader Monk Eastman (1873–1920), notorious New York gang leader Lee Falk (1911–1999), cartoonist...
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  • Yake Brady in the 1890s and later participated in the gang war between Monk Eastman and Paul Kelly. Rivals of the Cherry Hill Gang, eight members were arrested...
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  • vigorously amongst each other. Many Cherry Hillers such as Yakey Yake Brady, Monk Eastman and Bill "The Brute" Sanger formed sub-gangs of their own and feuded...
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  • who predominantly joined the Five Point Gang's rival Eastman Gang led by its namesake Monk Eastman. The Five Points Gang had mostly Italian members, but...
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    century, he developed contacts with many influential figures, including Monk Eastman, Paul Kelly, Arnold Rothstein and disgraced NYPD Lieutenant Charles Becker...
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