Gilbert Yost (died July 10, 1886) was a New York criminal and burglar associated with
George Leslie and later the
Dutch Mob The Dutch Mob was a New York pickpocket gang during the late nineteenth century.
Formed during the late 1860s by Little Freddie, "Sheeny" Mike Kurtz, and Johnny Irving, former members of the Italian Dave Gang, the Dutch Mob soon became one of the ...
. He was arrested with Leslie after robbing a jewelry store in Norristown, Pennsylvania in 1870 and, while Leslie was able to use his political connections in Philadelphia to secure his release on bail which he forfeited after fleeing the city, Yost was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment.
Yost, along with
Billy Porter and
Johnny Irving, was arrested in Brooklyn on August 11, 1878 while at Porter's
Patchen Avenue home and charged with the burglary Martin Ibert's Sons' flour and grain store on
Graham Avenue the previous day.
He was eventually convicted for the robbery of a jewelry store in
La Porte, Indiana
La Porte () is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the county seat. Its population was estimated to be 21,341 in 2022. It is one of the two principal cities of the Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana metropolitan stat ...
on April 25, 1883 and died while serving a fourteen-year prison term in a Northern Indiana State Prison at
Michigan City, Indiana
Michigan City is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States. It had a population of 32,075 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located along Lake Michigan in the Michiana region, the city is about east of Chicago and is west o ...
on July 10, 1886.
See also
*
List of bank robbers and robberies
This is a list of bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies.
Australia
Austria
* Johann Kastenberger
Canada
China
* Agricultural Bank of China robbery
Denmark
The first bank robbery in Denmark occurred Au ...
References
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Asbury, Herbert. ''The Gangs of New York''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928.
*Byrnes, Thomas. ''1886 Professional Criminals of America''. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1969.
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Year of birth missing
1886 deaths
Criminals from New York City