William Jones (gangster)
William Jones | |
|---|---|
 Third Avenue at East 18th Street in 1942; no authenticated portrait of Jones is known | |
| Other names | Scotty; Scotty Jones; Willie Jones |
| Occupation | Gang member |
Criminal status | Imprisoned in 1911; later fate unknown |
| Allegiance | Gas House Gang |
Criminal charge | Second-degree murder |
Penalty | Twenty years to life imprisonment |
William Jones, known as Scotty or Willie Jones (fl. 1911), was a member of New York's Gas House Gang. In June 1911 he was convicted of second-degree murder after a gunfight outside a Third Avenue saloon killed fellow member William Lysaght and wounded John Tivnan.[1]
Jones was sentenced to a term of twenty years to life. His birth, death and later history are not documented in the sources reviewed.
References
- ↑ “Knell of the Gangs Said to Have Rung”, The New York Times, June 13, 1911.