religion birth_place nationality article_title name birth_date known_for residence employer birth_name occupation
protestant wales , united kingdom welsh-american lew baker
 lew baker c. 1825 tammany `` bill the butcher '' poole . hall `` slugger '' and murderer of william new york city , new york , united states tammany hall lewis baker police officer
lew baker

lewis `` lew '' baker -lrb- born c. 1825 , date of death unknown -rrb- was a patrolman in the new york police department who was simultaneously employed as a `` slugger '' for tammany hall .
he was involved in voter intimidation and election fraud during the 1840s and 50s .
a close friend and associate of irish mob boss john morrissey , baker frequently battled supporters of the nativist know-nothing movement for over a decade .
he is most remembered however as the assassin of william `` bill the butcher '' poole .
baker shot and killed poole in a broadway saloon during a brawl .
both baker and morrissey were placed on trial for murder , but were acquitted .
