- 1880 in organized crime
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*With resentment toward Europeans at an all time high, Chinese triads reach their peak numbering over 3,600 although many of the groups are limited to local villages or clans. [ Booth, Martin. "The Dragon Syndicates: The Global Phenomenon of the Triads". New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1999. ISBN 0-7867-0735-6]
*Early Cantonese criminals, who will eventually form the first of theNew York Tongs, soon began arriving in the city after the success of the Cantonese gamblerWah Kee , who had been operating illegal gambling parlors andopium dens since the1870s , in the New York district of what will later be known asChinatown . The Chinese population steadily begins to climb to several hundred, compared to only 12 as of 1872, as the predominantly German and smaller Irish population slowly become driven out of the neighborhoods of Doyers, Mott, andPell Street s as a result of the large immigration of Chinese immigrants which by1910 will number more than 10,000. [Asbury, Herbert. "The Gangs of New York". New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. ISBN 1-56025-275-8]
*January 13 -Robert Suffrage , a 19-year-old carpenter and member of theStable Gang , is sentenced to two years and three months imprisonment atNew York State Prison for stealing the gold watch of aDennis McGuinness the previous October. While being taken toThe Tombs , Suffrage attacked the arresting officer and was immediately taken back to the courtroom where he was indicted of assault in less than ten minutes. ["Kicking An Officer.; A Prisoner's Revenue--Indicted Within Ten Minutes". "New York Times." 14 January 1880 ]
*February 10 - Edward andJohn Brady , leaders of theBrady Gang , are arrested along with four others includingHugh Brady (or "John Osborne") andThomas Brady (or "Thomas Halligan"), Edward Carrol, Michael Hammel and Harmond Clark (the latter two suspected of running moonshine from New York to the Palisades) and for operating an illegal distillery. With the exception of Clark who was acquitted due to lack of evidence, the remaining members were convicted and given a suspended sentence as they had been held in custody for the past ten months. ["Illicit Distilling Checked.; The Notorious Brady Gang Broken Up-- Six of the Seven Indicted "Moonshiners" Convicted". New York Times. 11 February 1880]
*February 29 - New York police officer Thomas M. Stone is severely beaten by members of theSmoky Hollow Gang while attempting to arrest a gang member loitering onColumbia Street . Surrounded by several gang members, Stone was relieved of his billy club and repeatedly kicked and assaulted, with some of the members going so far as to jump on his body after the officer had lost consciousness, until bystanders interfered after one member was stopped from attempting to use a heavy piece of paving stone to crush the officers skull in. Although later apprehended and held atRaymond Street Jail , Stone later died of his injuries while atLong Island College Hospital on the evening of April 1 and was speculated in the press that the gang members would receive lieniency due to their political connections to Democratic politicians in the Brooklyn'sSixth Ward . ["Officer Stone's Death.; Will Political Influence In Brooklyn Save The Murderers?". New York Times. 2 April 1880 ]
*April 26 - Several weeks after the death of police officer Thomas Stone, a Sgt. Walsh is attacked by members of the Smoky Hollow Gang while attempting to arrestEdward Glynn fordisorderly conduct . While initially outnumbered, several bystanders including his uncleFrank Walsh came to his assistance and arrested another of his assailantsJohn Mungerford . Mungerford, a brother of the gang member officer Stone had attempted to arrest, was charged as an accomplice in the patrolman's murder. ["Brooklyn's Gang Of Murderers". New York Times. 27 April 1880 ]
*May 5 -John "Little Andy" Anderson , a former member of theDutch Mob , is arrested by a police detective on the corner ofPrince Street andthe Bowery . Although he attempted to fire a revolver at the arresting officer, he was disarmed and taken into custody on suspicion of a recent robbery which had taken place at the Michell, Myers & Co. onSecond Avenue six days earlier. While over $1,500 in jewellery is found in his possession, he denied his involvement in the robbery claiming the jewelry had been given to him and is released under a $5,000 bail following his arraignment at the Tombs Police Court. The money and jewelry which had claimed was his property including a diamond pin, an amethyst ring, $65 in cash and his revolver were returned to him upon his release. ["A Pupil Of Porter And Irving". New York Times. 7 May 1880 ]
*July 10 - A brawl between rival members of the Eightieth andNinetieth Street Gang s along the traverse road inCentral Park near85th Street is broken up by police. Although officers from the Central Park Police, the31st Precinct and the88th Street Stationhouse were preparing to apprehend the nearly 200 gang members in attendance, a local patrolman accidentally stumbled across the fight and blew his whistle before officers were in place. With the croud alerted to the presence of police, only nine men were taken into custody includingWilliam Olive ,Jeremiah Collins ,William Swan ,John Lahey ,John McNamara ,John Lynch ,Bernard McHugh ,Peter Murray andConeilius Sullivan who were held in custody at the 23rd Precinct Police Station. ["East Side Pugilists.; A Fight In The Road--Nine Transverse Roughs Arrested". New York Times 16 July 1880 ]
*August 11 -John Collins andJohn Murphy , members of thePortland Street Gang , are arrested by two police officers after a hard chase. Taken into custody, they are both charged with robbing aDaniel Reardon ofEastport, Maine . ["Stabbing Affair at the West End". Boston Daily Globe 11 August 1880 ]
*September 30 - The body of John D. "Travelling Mike" Grady is found in hisSixth Avenue office. Several relatives suspect foul play, as he was recovering from an attack ofpneumonia lasting some months; however an autopsy report confirms he died ofcardiac congestion . ["Banker Of The Burglars; Death Of John D. Grady, Receiver Of Stolen Goods". New York Times. 4 October 1880]Arts and literature
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