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T he D aybreak B oys

T he D aybreak B oys. By Grace Barry. American Poverty. Irish flooded into America in nineteenth century Settled in run-down neighborhoods Standards were low: provided breeding ground for crime Prostitution and gangs were a symptom.

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T he D aybreak B oys

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  1. The Daybreak Boys By Grace Barry

  2. American Poverty • Irish flooded into America in nineteenth century • Settled in run-down neighborhoods • Standards were low: provided breeding ground for crime • Prostitution and gangs were a symptom https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1524&bih=716&q=irish+new+york+19+centurty&oq=irish+new+york+19+centurty&gs_l=img.3...

  3. Young boys urged into gangs • Bowery Boys • Dead Rabbits • Five Points Gang • Many girls became “brothels” • “Gangs were sometimes necessary as a support system for the new immigrants, who were otherwise powerless.” – “Background History” http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Irish.html

  4. Daybreak B’hoys • Exact origin unknown • Named for penchant of early hours and youthfulness • Youngest member age 10 • River pirates https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/New_York_Emigration_and_Immigration

  5. Daybreak B’hoys (Continued) • Irish accent made ‘boys’ into ‘b’hoys’ • Badge of honor • Operated in the Forth Ward in New York • Terrorized East River https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/New_York_Emigration_and_Immigration

  6. Crimes • Murder • Usually of watchmen • Mostly were known for robbery of merchant ships • Used small dinghies to row up to docked ship • Stole what they could • Sold it on the 19th century Black Market • 20 murders

  7. Members • ‘Patsy the barber’ • Nicholas Saul • William Howlett • Bill Poole • Bill Lowrie • Slobbery Jim • Many lived life of crime before entering gang ontherealny.com

  8. Location, Location, Location • Slaughterhouse Point • Gin mill owned by Pete Williams • Intersection of James and Water Streets • In vicinity of Five Points • Little to no police interference ontherealny.com

  9. Death Of Leaders • January 28, 1853 • Execution of Howlett and Saul • $100,000 • Hundreds showed up • Slobbery Jim took over gang • Gin mill shut down www.correctionhistory.org

  10. Continuance Of The Legacy • Moved up Water Street to a saloon • Owned by Lowrie • In 1858, described as better than ever by Herbert Asbury (Gangs of New York) • Stronger, more efficient at robbery

  11. Decline • When police started killing many members of the gang, Slobbery Jim Disappeared • Next in line opted for life of crime elsewhere • Creation of Harbor Police Force • By Police Chief Matsell

  12. The End Of The Daybreak Boys • Gradually dispersed • Some were killed by police • Some joined other gangs • Others became ‘entrepreneurs’

  13. Modern Day Media Reference • Movie made with Leonardo DiCaprio • Depicts a young man trying to kill Bill The Butcher • Famous gang member reputed to have killed many men www.counter-currents.com

  14. Bibliography • "1853: Nicholas Saul and William Howlett, teenage New York gangsters." ExecutedToday.com. http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/01/28/1853-nicholas-saul-and-william-howlett/ (accessed November 23, 2013). • Andrews, Evan . "7 Infamous Gangs of New York." History.com. http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-infamous-gangs-of-new-york (accessed November 24, 2013). • Asbury, Herbert. "River Pirates." In The gangs of New York: an informal history of the underworld. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1937. 60-62. • "Background History." Background History. http://www.myrtle-avenue.com/daybreak/background.html (accessed November 24, 2013). • Burrows, Edwin G., and Mike Wallace. "City of Immigrants." In Gotham: a history of New York City to 1898. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 757. • McNamara, Robert . "The Five Points, New York's Most Notorious Neighborhood." About.com 19th Century History. http://history1800s.about.com/od/urbanconditions/p/fivepointsnyc.htm (accessed November 24, 2013). • Stern, William . "What Gangs of New York Misses." City Journal 23, no. 4 (2003). http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon_1_14_03ws.html (accessed November 21, 2013). • Sutton, Charles. "XXXV." In The New York Tombs: its secrets and its mysteries. Montclair, N.J.: Patterson Smith, 1973. 469-474.

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