Singerman ID#supp1881

The Nether Side of New York; or, The Vice, Crime and Poverty of the Great Metropolis.

Singerman Entry

Singerman ID#supp1881

Crapsey, Edward. The Nether Side of New York; or, The Vice, Crime and Poverty of the Great Metropolis. New York: Sheldon & Co., 1872. 185 p.

Notes

Contains material about criminal "fences," including "Sheeny Mike," Rosenburg ("Rosey"), Dave Goldstein, and the Mandelbaums (pp. 84-88 passim). For Dr. Jacob Rosenzweig, the abortionist responsible for the sensationalized "trunk mystery" crime, see pp. [147]-48. See also "A Celebrated Crime" (pp. [176]-85) about the 1870 murder of Benjamin Nathan in his Manhattan home.