Editing James White (gangster)

{{SHORTDESC:Leader of New York's Daybreak Boys gang}}
{{Infobox criminal
| name = James White
| image = The Old Brewery Five Points.jpg
| caption = The Old Brewery in the Five Points, circa 1850; no authenticated portrait of White is known
| birth_date = c. 1839
| disappeared_date = June 1859
| other_names = Slobbery Jim
| occupation = Gang leader
| allegiance = [[Daybreak Boys]]
| criminal_charges = Homicide allegation
| criminal_status = Fled after the June 1859 killing; later fate unknown
}}
'''James White''', known as '''Slobbery Jim''' (born c. 1839), was a leader of the [[Daybreak Boys]], a waterfront gang active along New York's East River. Later accounts say he assumed leadership with Bill Lowrie after Nicholas Saul and William Howlett were arrested.<ref>Herbert Asbury, [https://archive.org/details/the-gangs-of-new-york-herbert-asbury ''The Gangs of New York''] (Alfred A. Knopf, 1928), chapter 3.</ref>

White disappeared after the June 1859 stabbing death of Michael “Patsy the Barber” Dooley. Contemporary reporting said Dooley was fatally stabbed during a fight and that White escaped before he could be arrested.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1859/06/06/78892928.pdf “The Fourth Ward Case: Coroner's Inquest—Escape of the Murderer”], ''The New York Times'', June 6, 1859.</ref>

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[[Category:American gangsters]]
[[Category:Criminals from New York City]]
[[Category:1830s births]]
[[Category:Year of death missing]]