Lewis "Lew" Baker 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 1850s. 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.
Attributes | Values |
---|---|
rdf:type |
|
rdfs:label |
|
rdfs:comment |
|
foaf:name |
|
name |
|
birth place | |
birth place |
|
dcterms:subject | |
Wikipage page ID |
|
Wikipage revision ID |
|
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage |
|
sameAs | |
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | |
birth date |
|
birth name |
|
known for |
|
nationality | |
occupation | |
has abstract |
|
employer | |
gold:hypernym | |
prov:wasDerivedFrom | |
page length (characters) of wiki page |
|
state of origin | |
birth name |
|
birth year |
|
employer |