Tommy Lynch (gangster): Difference between revisions
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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 | ||
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'''Tommy Lynch''' was an early-20th-century New York gang figure | '''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> | ||
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== | ||
Revision as of 15:03, 18 August 2026
Tommy Lynch | |
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 A Lower East Side street scene from the 1910s; no authenticated portrait of Lynch is known | |
| Died | 1914 (reported) |
| Other name | Tom Lynch |
| Occupation | Gang leader |
Criminal status | Deceased |
| Allegiance | Gas House Gang |
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.[1]
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
- ↑ Herbert Asbury, The Gangs of New York (Alfred A. Knopf, 1928), chapter 16.