Tommy Lynch (gangster) - Revision history

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	\| occupation = Gang leader		\| occupation = Gang leader
	\| allegiance = [[Gas House Gang]]		\| allegiance = [[Gas House Gang]]
	\| death_date = 1914 (reported)		\| death_date = 1914 {{small\|(reported)}}
	\| criminal_status = Deceased		\| criminal_status = Deceased
	}}		}}

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	\| image = East Side Eviction.jpg		\| image = East Side Eviction.jpg
	\| caption = A Lower East Side street scene from the 1910s; no authenticated portrait of Lynch is known		\| caption = A Lower East Side street scene from the 1910s; no authenticated portrait of Lynch is known
			\| other_names = Tom Lynch
	\| occupation = Gang leader		\| occupation = Gang leader
	\| allegiance = Gas House Gang		\| allegiance = [[Gas House Gang]]
	\| death_date = 1914 (reported)		\| death_date = 1914 (reported)
	\| criminal_status = Deceased		\| criminal_status = Deceased
	}}		}}
	'''Tommy Lynch''' was an early-20th-century New York gang figure ~~whom~~ Herbert Asbury identifies as the final leader of the Gas House Gang~~. Asbury~~ says ~~Lynch~~ was killed in 1914 during fighting with ~~a rival faction~~.<ref>Herbert Asbury, [https://archive.org/details/the-gangs-of-new-york-herbert-asbury ''The Gangs of New York''] (Alfred A. Knopf, 1928), chapter 11.</ref>		'''Tommy Lynch''', also called '''Tom Lynch''', was an early-20th-century New York gang figure. Herbert Asbury identifies him as the final leader of the [[Gas House Gang]] and says he was killed in early 1914 during fighting with the Jimmy Curley gang.<ref>Herbert Asbury, [https://archive.org/details/the-gangs-of-new-york-herbert-asbury ''The Gangs of New York''] (Alfred A. Knopf, 1928), chapter 16.</ref>

	~~Some modern lists name a “Tommy Lynch” as a founder~~ of the [[Dead Rabbits]]~~, but no reliable contemporary or scholarly source reviewed supports that identification. The documented Gas House Gang leader operated decades after the Dead Rabbits' reported 1830s–1850s period~~ and should not be conflated with ~~an otherwise unidentified alleged founder~~.		No authenticated portrait or further reliable biographical details have been located. He operated decades after the reported period of the [[Dead Rabbits]] and should not be conflated with unsupported claims about that earlier gang.

	==References==		==References==

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{{SHORTDESC:Early-20th-century New York gang leader}}
{{Infobox criminal
| name = Tommy Lynch
| image = East Side Eviction.jpg
| caption = A Lower East Side street scene from the 1910s; no authenticated portrait of Lynch is known
| occupation = Gang leader
| allegiance = Gas House Gang
| death_date = 1914 (reported)
| criminal_status = Deceased
}}
'''Tommy Lynch''' was an early-20th-century New York gang figure whom Herbert Asbury identifies as the final leader of the Gas House Gang. Asbury says Lynch was killed in 1914 during fighting with a rival faction.<ref>Herbert Asbury, [https://archive.org/details/the-gangs-of-new-york-herbert-asbury ''The Gangs of New York''] (Alfred A. Knopf, 1928), chapter 11.</ref>

Some modern lists name a “Tommy Lynch” as a founder of the [[Dead Rabbits]], but no reliable contemporary or scholarly source reviewed supports that identification. The documented Gas House Gang leader operated decades after the Dead Rabbits' reported 1830s–1850s period and should not be conflated with an otherwise unidentified alleged founder.

==References==
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[[Category:American gangsters]]
[[Category:Criminals from New York City]]
[[Category:1914 deaths]]