Fredericka Weisner was born 25 Mar 1825 in Kassel, Electorate of Hesse (Germany).
She was associated with Queen Liz, Big Mary, "Black" Lena Kleinschmidt, Adam Writh, Sophie Lyons and George Leonidas Leslie, as well as police officials and judges.
In 1884 New York District Attorney Peter B Olney hired the Pinkerton Detective Agency to break up her gang. An agent went undercover and sold her some bolts of silk they secretly marked and when the police raided her house they found them and arrested her and her son Julius.
Here's some lovely newspaper articles:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42694952/fredericka_mandelbaum/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42694766/fredericka_mandelbaum/
These cartoons were all over New York poking fun at her.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42694682/fredericka_mandelbaum/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42694448/fredericka_mandelbaum/
She escaped justice and went to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an estimated $1 Millions.
She tried to come back to New York in 1890 but they exiled her.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42694847/fredericka_mandelbaum/
She died 26 Feb 1894 of Bright's Disease.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42694255/fredericka_mandelbaum/
She was very clever at hiding things, she had a false back to her chimney with a dumb waiter in it, to move stuff to secret rooms.
I was born in the wrong era, even though I have a Criminal Justice Degree, I probably would of been on the wrong side of the law back then, sounds so adventurous and daring and fun, as long as no one got hurt.
She married Wolfe Israel Mandelbaum in 1848, they were peddlers in New York.
They had the following children:
Julius Mandelbaum
1860–
Harry Madelbaum
1862–
Sarah Mandelbaum
1864–
Gustav Mandelbaum
1866–1934
Anna Mandelbaum
1867–1885
When they arrived in New York they started a series of small business taking in goods by scavengers and reselling them.
They purchased a dry good store on Clinton Street in Manhattan, NY, and by 1854 the business was operating as a criminal operation, which grew so large she needed to rent several warehouses to hold all her stolen goods.
She started fencing for thieves and burglars and was involved in planning elaborate heists that would go down in history. Including the Manhattan Bank Robbery.
She controlled two gangs of blackmailers and confidence men, and opened a school called Marm's Grand Street School which was exclusively for youngsters or younger criminals to learn the criminal trade of pickpocketing. She was also a top competitor for the Grady Gang.
She was also a very prominent hostesses of New York's High Society, as well as the underworld.
Could you imagine sitting at one of her Dinner parties?
In 1884 New York District Attorney Peter B Olney hired the Pinkerton Detective Agency to break up her gang. An agent went undercover and sold her some bolts of silk they secretly marked and when the police raided her house they found them and arrested her and her son Julius.
Here's some lovely newspaper articles:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42694952/fredericka_mandelbaum/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42694766/fredericka_mandelbaum/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42694682/fredericka_mandelbaum/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42694448/fredericka_mandelbaum/
She escaped justice and went to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an estimated $1 Millions.
She tried to come back to New York in 1890 but they exiled her.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42694847/fredericka_mandelbaum/
She died 26 Feb 1894 of Bright's Disease.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42694255/fredericka_mandelbaum/
I was born in the wrong era, even though I have a Criminal Justice Degree, I probably would of been on the wrong side of the law back then, sounds so adventurous and daring and fun, as long as no one got hurt.
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