1. THE GANGS OF THE LOWER EASTSIDE 1880-1920 Poles, Italians and Jews

2. TWO MAJOR GANGS  The Five Points Gang - 1500 Members  The Eastman Gang - 1200 Members

3. TWO LEADERS  The Five Points Gang - Paul Kelly 1876–1936  The Eastman gang - Edward “Monk” Eastman 1875 – 1920

4. Gangs’ Bases Paul Kelly - New Brighton Dance Hall Monk Eastman

5. NEW BRIGHTON DANCE HALL Back Then Nowadays

6. THE FIVE POINTS GANG

7. A TAKE-OUT MENU OF ITS SERVICES  Punching ($2)  Nose and jawbone broken ($10)  Leg or arm broken ($19),  Shot in the leg ($25)  “doing the big job” ($100 and up)

8. THE REASONS CAUSE LAGRE GANGS  Police Department - Not Effective  Providing Homes - Not Enough

9. GROWTH OF FIVE POINTS GANGS  Italian immigrants - Nearly four Million  Money - Threatening Voters

10. THE EASTMAN GANG  Running Brothels  Protection Rackets  Drug Rings  Murder-for-hire Operations  Voter Fraud

11. WARFARE  1903  Rivington Street  Almost 100 People With Weapons  Lasted Several Hours  Police Came At End

12. TWO MONTHS PEACE  A Tammany Hall Deputy - Tom Foley  End up with a Boxing Match - Bronx.

13. KELLY VS EASTMAN  Tight Match - Used to be a Professional Boxer - Quite Large Man  Draw - A Tammany Hall Supported Five Pointers

14. MONK EASTMAN  Fall Of The Eastman - Leader Was Beaten - 10 Year Sentence  Successor was murdered - Max Zwerbach

15. MAFIA GANGS  Take Over All The Five Pointes Criminal Activities - Monk Eastman – 1920 - Paul Kelly - 1936

16. THE GAMES OF LOWER EASTSIDE  Honorable Motions - Monk Eastman Went To World War I - Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Celebrity Gangsters - John "Papa Johnny" Torrio, Papa Gangster

17. The End