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Thomas "Shang" Draper (c. 1839–1913) was a
In 1883, a shootout in Draper's saloon caused the deaths of gangsters Johnny Walsh and Johnny Irving.
criminal
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definiti ...
shanghaier, saloon keeper, and criminal gang leader in New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
along the city waterfront. Working with George Leonidas Leslie
George Leonidas Leslie (1842 – May/June 1878), who sometimes went by George Howard and George Herbert, was an American bank robber and architect. Known as the "King of Bank Robbers", he was involved in 80% of the bank robberies in the United St ...
, he was involved in the 1869 Ocean National Bank robbery, the 1876 Northampton Bank robbery
On January 26, 1876, the Northampton Bank in Northampton, Massachusetts, was robbed of $1.6 million ($26 million in 2019) in cash, bonds, and other securities by the Rufus Gang, which was led by Thomas Dunlap, Robert Scott, and George Leonidas ...
, and the 1878 Manhattan Savings Institution robbery.
Criminal career
Shang Draper ran a waterfront saloon in his native New York City, where he performed a confidence scam using an underage girl to lure amark
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to a dark hotel room (which Draper owned) only to rob him. Draper acquired his distinctive nickname "Shang" from the "shanghaiing" trick he used to play on his unsuspecting patrons. Draper would drug a bar patron with laudanum
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and by the time the fellow awoke, he would have been pressed into merchant marine or naval service, sometimes for a foreign land.
Draper was a contemporary of Frederika Mandelbaum, a notorious gangleader in her own right, also based in his native New York City. Mandlebaum installed Draper, one of her trusted lieutenants, in a bank robbery
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gang fronted by George Leslie. They robbed the Manhattan Savings Institution on October 27, 1878.
In 1883, a shootout in Draper's saloon caused the deaths of gangsters Johnny Walsh and Johnny Irving.
Death
Thomas Draper died in December 1913 in New York City.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 ...
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