Fredericka Mandelbaum

Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum
Born
Fredericka Weisner

March 25, 1825
DiedFebruary 26, 1894 (aged 68)
Other namesFredericka Mandlebaum
OccupationCriminal
Known forCriminal fence and underworld figure in New York City during the mid-to late 19th century
SpouseWolfe Mandelbaum

Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum (March 25, 1825 – February 26, 1894)[1][2][3] operated as a criminal fence to many of the street gangs and criminals of New York's underworld, handling between $1–5 million in stolen goods between 1862 and 1884. Like her principal rival John D. Grady and the Grady Gang, she also became a matriarch to the criminal elements of the city and was involved in financing and organizing numerous burglaries and other criminal operations throughout the post-American Civil War era.[4] With George Leonidas Leslie, she was involved in the 1869 Ocean National Bank robbery and the 1878 Manhattan Savings Institution robbery.

  1. ^ Holub, Rona. "Fredericka Mandelbaum." In Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present, vol. 2, edited by William J. Hausman. German Historical Institute. Last modified October 15, 2013.
  2. ^ Holub, Rona L. (April 2008). "Mandelbaum, Fredericka (1827-1894), criminal entrepreneur". American National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2001903. ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  3. ^ Conway, J. North (Aug 4, 2009). King of Heists: The Sensational Bank Robbery of 1878 That Shocked America. Globe Pequot. ISBN 9781599218359.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Jim Naureckas. "Rivington Street: New York Songlines". Nysonglines.com. Retrieved 2010-03-08.

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