Five Points Gang (oct 1, 1890 – aug 1, 1920)

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The Five Points Gang was active throughout the 1890s-1920s, notorious for slum tenements. It was a center of settlements for poor immigrants - considered a dangerous destination where many had been mugged and assaulted. By the 1870s a new wave of now Italian and Eastern European Jewish immigrants were settling into the area. Criminal gangs competed for control of the revenue to be made from illicit activities. Old line remnant Irish gangs, such as the Whyos, replaced the Chichesters. Monk Eastman's Eastman Coin Collectors had many Irish members. The Five Points Gang had a reputation for brutality, and in battles with rival gangs, they often fought to the death. As the Five Points Gang became more experienced, Kelly and his lieutenants saw the money to be made by supporting corrupt politicians in their election bids. By threatening voters, falsifying voter lists and stuffing ballot boxes, the gang aided city officials of the old Democratic Party political machine like in the era of Tammany Hall to retain power. (Wikipedia) source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Points_Gang

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