Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum | |
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Born | Fredericka Weisner March 25, 1825 |
Died | February 26, 1894 (aged 68) |
Other names | Fredericka Mandlebaum |
Occupation | Criminal |
Known for | Criminal fence and underworld figure in New York City during the mid-to late 19th century |
Spouse | Wolfe 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.