The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20
EXPLOITS OF A BOLD GANG.
v,,KERELvILLE HISTORY RECALLED
ny A WOMAN'S DEATH.
y,n,. Tltterington. a Desperate Criminal but
IN. Son Of worthy Parents The Butcher
cart Robberies Committed by Him Edd'e
ooodle and willie Farrell Passing OF a
>o,or,u, Gang Once Notorious In ThisCity

,oodie and willie tarreH RAISING OF u
>o,odous Gang Once Notorious In ThisCity
,r, doesn't have to be a very old New
x.,gor n remember the exploits Of the young
.mo,s known A. the Mackerclville gang who
.'a4 IN ,srrorlla the East Side of the city In
.ha vicinity Of Thirteenth street and Avenue
The MackerelVille gang was one OF the
-ors, tina, eyer infested this city. It's MEM
o-. wore Young toughs who held up and robbed
rs,ule right aud left. and only too often used
,bo- ui.tnl. when they vcr" resisted, They
nora feared hv citizens all over the city, for
,b,v did not always make their stamping
groind at the corner mentioned the scene
nj their operations, As tho police records OF
Chi. city will show, the Young men OF the Mack
.r,ly,lle gang operated wherever they saw
A.. promising held, and 50 bold were they in
,hair crimes that they came TO be feared by
tba police rs well a. by ordinary cttizcns. There
WI, nothing. from holding MP a man al me
nulzle Of a pistol to actually Sarroting nm
MAT the Young Mackerelyillr,, IL they were
called would not do II they thoight there
was anv profit In H.
rhe gang is now bur a memory In this city,
although TO some people alive to-day, that
memory Is a vivid one. II has passed out OF
sight with all the other gang which once IN
fe.,ed New York, and even the old policemen
m the force can recall but few Of the exploits
Of It's members or remember what became
q, them. The truth Of the matter is that the
Nackerelvile gang passed away, a. dd all
Che other famous old gangs Of tho metropolis.
because so many Of its members were sent
% prison for long terms or died on the gallows'
that there wasn't enough spirit left in those
who escaped the clutches Of the law to keep the
crowd going. The passing away on the gal
lows Of Danny Lyons for the murder oi Beezy
Clarity, and the fate of his notorious pal Danny
Driscoll, left but a %spiritlcsS fragment oi the
old Whyo gang in this city. SO with the Mack
erelville gang. the long terms in prison given
% James Titterington. Eddie Goodie and the
others who were It's leading Light. took the
backbone from it, and it died a natural death.
New York had a reminder Of the old Mack
erelvllle gang last week when from a little hall
bedroom on the top floor OF a Second avenue
tenement house, the body of an old woman
WAS taken and removed 10 the Morgue. from
where il WAS afterward buried IN the public
cemetery. This old woman was Mr.. Isabella
Tttarincton. the mother Of James Tltterington,
the organizer and always the leader OF the
NacSerelville gang. There was another son.
joseph. and he wa, a. big a scoundrel a his
brother but he never attained the same prom
,pance because ne wa> a drunkard and con-
seouently not in the confidence of the leader
Of the gang, or cons lcuoIs IN any OF the bug
crime, that made tho gang famous. Mr. lit-
,prInrtau was 20 years of age wnen She died,
and the exact cause of her death L. not known;
Il /, generally believed. however. that IN" died
.. gradual starvation ior srr Is sn%wn 10
herself "A remarkable woman. She brought
Into the world one Of ~" most accomplished
and murdcrous ~coundrel, that ever lived ana
another son who was addicted Ia every wee
known. yet she herself wa- a Christian woman,
and with her husband away, refused 10 share
IN the fruits Of her sons crime When the
boys were rolling IN wcaIth-and there wa, a
tune when james TlttertngtOn was dong mat
she and her husband were actually ~ want, bUt
not one bit Of relief would they accept from
Old man T~lttarington was q veteran OF the
Civil War. and, as proud ana honest an oid
soldier as ever lived IT" ga AL that he C9uid
give his children "dUcdtlon~, but they were
both naturally bad. and. 40 influence, in "a"
world could hay" ~w"rvrd mem rom NE pam
in life thai they chose. Jam'- l%itt"rilH-
IONS first CONVICTION broke h~ father heart.
and although the Old man lived for "A while
after that he finally died from nothing IN the
world but grief over tn" sins of his first born,
Mrs. TitterinUtpn lived on. earning her
Who had developed into a drunkard
Shape of work Despite her age Mrs,
T,tterington went out to work every day.
Last April her son Joseph. went TO Bellevue
Hospital with dr,lrium tremens. he deNel-
Cped pneumonia and died there. Mrs. lit
t~erington sank rapidly after has death, ana
finally died as stated.
Titterington, then a very young man, had
the able assistance of that notorious thiei
and bank robbcr. Eddie Goodie; This worthy
had associated with thieves from the une
he was a boy, and 50 great was he esteem
IN which h. was held by crooks tG4at al me
time Of the Northampton bank robbery, ne
was entrusted with tho delicate JOB OF driv,
INK the wagon in which the thieves escaped
with their plumber. This was IN. June, 1875,
and up to the time ne Joined Tttterington,
he had not lost any opportunities Ia. improve
himself. in his chosen profession, II Would
take columns Of The SIN 20 tell Of the many
crimes committed by the Mackcrelyllle gang
under the leadership of lIttrrington, VINO
was known everywhrrr a Tittrrs,' Eddie
Goodie and Willie Farrell Many Of the gang.
who worked under these men, found then
way to prison early in Their career, but the
three leaders operated for years sue
~cessfully, and credited 10 them on tie police
records are som" of the most rcmarkiOl"
crimes of the century, Amoog these one
a. the most Interesting wa- the robbery Of
Charles MeSserschmldt an assistant book
keeper in the employ of Jacob Rupr@r', the
been eGuallni in this city. and the most re-
markable thing about II al was that all three
Of the men engaged made good their escape
End II wasn't for a long time atterWard when
other crimes had been fixed upon their should
erS, that / was known that they had any part
" that LIaiT.
The three men who did this Job were Tit !
tors % Good" and Farrell, II was about tins
tine that The over active brain OF Good" had
cpnCeI we'd the notion Of using a wagon Tor
escape, after bold street robb"ri"s. Ihe thing
had been done many time successfully and
tle robbers who adopted I'M means or get
Ing away were known a- butcher cart thieves.
The name came from iho fact that in most
cases Of tho kind, butcher .arts We're used.
Goodies skill had driven the Northampton |
bank thieves to safety. and no one knows how
many other successes were duo to his brain
en-! hi~~kill a- driver. II was he and Filters
WHO planned tia robbery Of Mcs~erschmldt
Gni carried II oNt in broad daylight in one
Q ~" most lrr1unnted parts Of tn" city,
NessnrSchnidt was n nnls-tRCnd Young man,
Who wore GLASSES and de-eryodly enjoyed
The confidence 0f his employer, Mr.. Rupert u
was one " his duties TO take the money turned
w by the regular collectors TO the bank. and
one bright morning IN July, 1881, he started ont
street and Third avenue, for the itermanla
Bank NJ the Bowery and Rivington street
WIN him IN tho buggy was a boy named Gus
'Ye hcNGle, who went along rs n sort Of assist
a0' when McS-er~chmidt had large sums Of
money 10 carry Indo, the seat Of N" buggy
20 sl,en in bill, while In n bag, under the
!hn robe, Wa about $1,000 in silver. Every |
wing went along nicely until the buggy, which
We going along slowly, drawn by n large
grt" l"r-e, r"ag he'd FOrty-eIghth street. Then
. wagon which had been KEPT about twenty
ra'd. away up TO This time, but had been follow
lnG along steadily lust the same, began to draw
closer Their" was nothing strange about this
wagon, and u wasn't remarkable that il should
he gong along the street N that time Of dav. |
" was drawn by y biz bay horse, driven by
h,IarE" man. n sat on n high seat, Behind
Pin In The wagon, which was an ordinary ped
To- : wagon With a -nvttllr 1lgapGp ptp,lar ,xara |