Rogues' Gallery: The Birth of Modern Policing and Organized Crime in Gilded Age New York

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• 5.0 out of 5 stars from Jack@NYC -- The Dark Side of Gilded Age New York : What could be more relevant - and interesting - these days with the news routinely headlining issues of crime, punishment and the behavior of police than the historical perspective provided in this fascinating new book, Rogue’s Gallery, on just those topics. Tracing the roots of many of today’s police practices, and shortcomings, historian John Oller shines a bright light on the violent and sordid underbelly of the gilded age in New York City (which ran from the 1870's to about 1910). Oller gives equal time to the bad guys and the good guys in his detailed accounting of major crimes and characters of the age, starting with the then crime of the century, the $3 million robbery in 1878 of the Manhattan Savings Institution and the man who solved it, Thomas Byrnes. Byrnes quickly became the most famous cop in town and pioneered such police practices as the titular “rogue’s gallery” - collecting photographs of criminals for reference in solving future crimes - the lineup of suspects and, more insidious, the “third degree” method of interrogation. Today we forget that solving crimes in an era before such tools as fingerprinting, wiretapping or surveillance cameras were available was a difficult endeavor - often requiring the extraction of confessions from the malefactors. One of Byrnes’ most feared deputies in this regard was one Alexander “Clubber” Williams, so called because of his eagerness to use his heavy billy club on suspects, who reportedly quipped to a reporter that “there is more law in the end of a policeman’s nightstick than a Supreme Court decision”. Oller reports (shades of current day) that Clubber was charged 347 times with police brutality but never had his badge taken away. Clubber’s reputation had a distant echo in the admonition by Teddy Roosevelt (himself a future gilded age NYC Police Commissioner) to speak softly and carry a big stick. There are too many great characters to mention here but readers (and listeners) will be fascinated by vignettes among others of a detective known as the Italian Sherlock Holmes, Giuseppe (Joe) Petrosino (honored even today by Petrosino Square on Mulberry Street in Little Italy); by Fredericka (Marm) Mandelbaum, a 250-pound matron who was the undisputed “Queen of the Fences” and reportedly the mother of "syndicated": crime; and by the famous gangs including the brutal Whyos gang and the Dead Rabbits, familiar to fans of Martin Scorsese’s 2002 film, Gangs of New York. ( Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2021 )
• 5.0 out of 5 stars from Ron Baumer -- Great True Crime Novel : An extremely interesting novel regarding the early days of the New York City police. I found the stories and political intrigue that occurred to be especially riveting. It was truly an eye-opening experience. I fully recommend this book to all true crime and historical fans! ( Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2021 )

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