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This is a list of organized crime in the 1880s, arranged chronologically.
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- 1 2 3 Correctionhistory.org account of the events leading to Shea's trial and conviction, with details not included in New York Times accounts
- 1 2 Cutter, William Richard, ed. (1918). American Biography: A New Cyclopedia. Vol. II. New York, NY: The American Historical Society. pp. 347–348 – via Google Books.