Thomas Draper | |
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Born | c. 1839 |
Died | 1883 (aged 43–44)
New York City, U.S. |
Other names | Shang Draper |
Occupation(s) | shanghaier, criminal gang leader, saloon keeper |
Employer | self-employed |
Known for | Being a New York City waterfront shanghaier. |
Thomas "Shang" Draper (c. 1839–1883) was a criminal shanghaier, saloon keeper, and criminal gang leader in New York City along the city waterfront. [1] Working with George Leonidas Leslie, he was involved in the 1869 Ocean National Bank robbery, the 1876 Northampton Bank robbery, and the 1878 Manhattan Savings Institution robbery.
Shang Draper ran a waterfront saloon in his native New York City, where he performed a confidence scam using an underage girl to lure a mark to a dark hotel room (which Draper owned) only to rob him. [2] Draper acquired his distinctive nickname "Shang" from the "shanghaiing" trick he used to play on his unsuspecting patrons. Draper would drug a bar patron with laudanum and by the time the fellow awoke, he would have been pressed into merchant marine or naval service, sometimes for a foreign land.
Draper was a contemporary of Frederika Mandelbaum, a notorious gangleader in her own right, also based in his native New York City. [3] Mandlebaum installed Draper, one of her trusted lieutenants, in a bank robbery gang fronted by George Leslie. [4] They robbed the Manhattan Savings Institution on October 27, 1878. [5]
Thomas Draper died in 1883 in New York City. [1]
Thomas Draper | |
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![]() Etching from 1907 | |
Born | c. 1839 |
Died | 1883 (aged 43–44)
New York City, U.S. |
Other names | Shang Draper |
Occupation(s) | shanghaier, criminal gang leader, saloon keeper |
Employer | self-employed |
Known for | Being a New York City waterfront shanghaier. |
Thomas "Shang" Draper (c. 1839–1883) was a criminal shanghaier, saloon keeper, and criminal gang leader in New York City along the city waterfront. [1] Working with George Leonidas Leslie, he was involved in the 1869 Ocean National Bank robbery, the 1876 Northampton Bank robbery, and the 1878 Manhattan Savings Institution robbery.
Shang Draper ran a waterfront saloon in his native New York City, where he performed a confidence scam using an underage girl to lure a mark to a dark hotel room (which Draper owned) only to rob him. [2] Draper acquired his distinctive nickname "Shang" from the "shanghaiing" trick he used to play on his unsuspecting patrons. Draper would drug a bar patron with laudanum and by the time the fellow awoke, he would have been pressed into merchant marine or naval service, sometimes for a foreign land.
Draper was a contemporary of Frederika Mandelbaum, a notorious gangleader in her own right, also based in his native New York City. [3] Mandlebaum installed Draper, one of her trusted lieutenants, in a bank robbery gang fronted by George Leslie. [4] They robbed the Manhattan Savings Institution on October 27, 1878. [5]
Thomas Draper died in 1883 in New York City. [1]