The Grady Gang was a New York sneak thief gang during the 1860s. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 Organized by fence John D. "Traveling Mike" Grady following the American Civil War, the Grady Gang operated in Broadway's "Thieves Exchange" where Grady would regularly purchase around $10,000 in stolen goods. In law enforcement a fence is an individual who knowingly buys stolen property for later resale in a (usually legitimate market John D "Traveling Mike" Grady (d September 30, 1880) was a New York criminal and as leader of the Grady Gang, financed and organized many Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located
He soon formed his own gang from many of the prominent thieves of the decade including Billy "The Kid" Burke, "Boston" Pet Anderson, Hod Ennis, Eddie Pettengill and Jake Rand. Billy Burke may refer to Billy Burke (actor Billy Burke (evangelist Billy Burke (golfer Willie The gang's most successful theft was the robbery of $2 million in cash and bank certificates from financier Rufus L. Lord on March 7, 1866. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common By the end of the decade, most of the gang members retired, however, Grady would continue operating as a fence. Later, he competed against rival fence Marm Mandelbaum who had formed a gang of her own. Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum (1818-1894 was a New York entrepreneur and operated as a fence to many of the street gangs of the city's underworld handling between Grady, however, bought out Mandelbaum by offering her gang members much higher prices than she could afford to pay and was quickly eliminated as a competitor.
References
- Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of New York. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. ISBN 1-56025-275-8
- Sifakis, Carl. Encyclopedia of American Crime, Facts On File, Inc. : New York, 1982.
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