Read the bio below and try to give details on tom flaherty 's: - other names - known for - home town - children - name - nationality - religion - occupation Bio: tom flaherty , more commonly known under his pseudonym old flaherty , -lrb- c. 1824 - ? -rrb- was an american criminal , sneak thief and river pirate in new york city during the mid-to late 19th century . he was the patriarch of a criminal family in new york 's seventh ward which terrorized the new york waterfront in the post-american civil war era . flaherty was described as having '' '' long white whiskers and a benevolent smile , but he was one of the most cruel thugs of the seventh ward '' '' . flaherty was considered a powerful underworld figure in his day , one of his criminal associates being bum mahoney of the patsy conroy and hook gangs , while he and another young river pirate , james smith , stole boats from the waterfront and sail to south brooklyn . from there , they would sail upriver raiding '' '' farm houses , hen-roosts , canal boats , or anything else that came in their way '' '' . he and smith were eventually arrested by brooklyn police and sentenced to five years on blackwell 's island around 1874 . his wife , herself a well-known shoplifter and pickpocket , followed him soon after . their youngest son was sentenced to 15 years in sing sing for garroting and highway robbery while the oldest , leaving new york for the frontier , was sentenced to ten years in illinois state prison for burglary .
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- other names is old flaherty- known for is river new york 's seventh ward . pirate and patriarch of a criminal family in- home town is new york city , new york , united states- children is 2 sons- name is tom flaherty- nationality is irish-american- religion is catholic- occupation is criminal