"Big" Jack Zelig (May 13, 1888 – October 5, 1912) was an American gangster and one of the last leaders of the Eastman Gang. Born Selig Harry Lefkowitz...
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Eastman Gang (section Zelig and the final years)
longshoremen strike. Following the murders of Zwerbach and Lewis, "Big" Jack Zelig took over what remained of the Eastmans. He divided the gang into three...
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gang leader Paul Kelly. He dies several years later in an insane asylum. Jack Zelig is arrested for robbing a bordello. The charges are later dropped. However...
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Eastman leader Jack Zelig behind during a failed robbery. Attempting to gain control of the gang both he and Tricker refused to post bail for Zelig. However...
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associate of Jack Sirocco, a lieutenant in Paul Kelly's Five Points Gang, he was responsible for the 1912 murder of Eastman Gang leader "Big" Jack Zelig, though...
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American artist Jack Zajac (born 1929), American artist Jack Zduriencik (born 1951), Major League Baseball general manager Jack Zelig (1888–1912), American...
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Weiss (1953– ), posek Dariusz Zelig (1957– ), Polish basketball player Jack Zelig (1888–1912), American gangster Mirka Mora, née Zelik (1928–2018), Australian...
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last decade and became a prominent member under Eastman leader "Big" Jack Zelig, who was awarded control of one of the three factions of the Eastman gang...
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in illegal gambling and slot machine industry in Cook County, Illinois Jack Zelig joins Crazy Butch's juvenile street gang as a pickpocket. Frank Costello...
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start of the 20th century. He was hired by Jack Sirocco and Chick Tricker to murder Eastman leader Jack Zelig, who had been engaged in a gang war over control...
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