Nicholas Saul
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Nicholas Saul (c. 1833 – January 28, 1853) was a nineteenth-century criminal and one of the founding members of the Daybreak Boys, a New York City street gang.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Saul led many of the gang's early raids, many of which were before sunrise— earning the gang their nickname—on the Hudson River and East River waterfront. At its height during 1851 to 1853, the gang earned an estimated $200,000 under Saul's leadership.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
- Capital punishment in New York (state)
- Capital punishment in the United States
- List of people executed in New York
Further reading
- Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of New York. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928; Template:ISBN. A fictionalized story with the quote "Nicholas Saul and William Howlett ... were the most celebrated leaders of the Daybreak Boys" on pages 66 to 67
- Sifakis, Carl. The Encyclopedia of American Crime. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2001; Template:ISBN
References
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- 1830s births
- 1853 deaths
- 19th-century executions by New York (state)
- Gang members of New York City
- American people executed for murder
- 19th-century executions by the United States
- People executed by New York (state) by hanging
- 19th-century executions of American people
- People convicted of murder by New York (state)
- Date of birth unknown
- Executed gangsters