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13-447: The Gopher Gang formed from various local street gangs in the 1890s, numbering around 500 members, into what later became a committee including Marty Brennan, Stumpy Malarkey, and Newburg Gallegher . The committee met semi-regularly at their headquarters known as Battle Row , a saloon owned by Mallet Murphy , to discuss robberies and divide profits from Manhattan bordellos and illegal gambling operations. Gallagher became involved in

26-447: A gunfight between the two. On May 17, 1910, he and Marty Brennan entered a saloon where Lennon was working. After another argument between the two, Lennon drew a revolver and shot Gallagher in the stomach (two of these bullets were still lodged in his body at the time of his trial). Gallagher and Brennan entered another saloon at Eleventh Avenue and Forty-Fifth Street where, according to Gallagher, they unexpectedly encountered Lennon who

39-535: A softened strike with a positive drive. Less common mallets include: Mallets of various types are some of the oldest forms of tools , and have been found in Stone Age gravesites. Mallets used as drumsticks are often used to strike a marimba , xylophone , glockenspiel , metallophone , or vibraphone , collectively referred to as mallet percussion . The sticks usually have shafts made of rattan , birch , or fiberglass . Rattan shafts are more flexible than

52-523: A three-year feud with local bartender William Lennon in 1907, their dispute being over a card game, which resulted in several violent altercations between them. The first incident between the two required Gallagher to have stitches after Lennon had repeatedly slashed his face with a knife. Gallagher later claimed that Lennon had threatened to shoot him on sight and engaged him in several gunfights including an incident in December 1909 when Lennon wounded him in

65-482: Is smaller than a maul or beetle, and usually has a relatively large head. The term is descriptive of the overall size and proportions of the tool, and not the materials it may be made of, though most mallets have striking faces that are softer than steel. Mallets are used in various industries, such as upholstery work, and a variety of other general purposes. It is a tool of preference for wood workers using chisels with plastic, metal, or wooden handles, as they give

78-470: The "Lady Gophers", led by Battle Annie . The Battle Row Ladies Social and Athletic Club , as they were officially called, acted as reserve members of several hundred women for the Gophers in territorial disputes against rival gangs and as strikebreakers during the next decade. With the death of One Lung Curran in 1917, the gang declined in power, breaking up after most of the gang leaders were arrested by

91-726: The end of the year. The 2002 film Gangs of New York directed by Martin Scorsese provided a fictionalized history of the Civil War -era origin of the competing Irish immigrant crime crews which dominated Five Points . The film explains the social tradition of enduring, if not actually shielding, Irish gangs in Manhattan's Irish-American neighborhoods. The gang also features prominently in Clive Cussler's book The Spy. Mallet Murphy Mallet Murphy ( fl. 1890-1900)

104-464: The other materials. Heads vary in size, shape, and material; they may be made of metal, plastic, rubber, or wood, and some are wrapped with felt , cord , or yarn . Heavier heads produce louder sounds, while harder heads produce sharper and louder sounds, with more overtones . Mallets are commonly used as children's toys. Lightweight wooden mallets are used for peg toys. Toy mallets are also used in games such as Whac-A-Mole . Another type of toy mallet

117-639: The stolen clothes around the neighborhood. This encouraged other gang members to steal uniforms for themselves, becoming a sort of trend among the prominent gang members. The gang began employing younger apprentice gang members such as the Baby Gophers and other gangs subordinate to the Gophers. These included the Parlor Mob , the Gorillas , and the Rhodes Gang as well as a female gang known as

130-502: Was now working there. Upon spotting the two gang members, he swore at them and apparently went for his hip pocket when Gallagher pulled his pistol and fired three shots, killing him. He and Brennan left the saloon and were arrested shortly after. Charged with manslaughter, Gallagher made a full confession, taking full responsibility for the killing, and claimed that Brennan had taken no part. The two were convicted and given long jail sentences. Gallagher, this being his first criminal offense,

143-563: Was sentenced to serve between 9 and 19 years imprisonment by Judge Foster on November 9, 1910. Despite his efforts, Brennan was also sentenced to 19 years due to a previous prison term in Elmira . In the early 1910s the Gophers were led by One Lung Curran who was notorious for his attacks on lone patrolmen. Although most police rarely patrolled Hell's Kitchen, and only then in large groups, Curran often stole officers' uniforms and, after taking them back to his girlfriend for alterations, would wear

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156-467: Was the pseudonym of a popular American saloon keeper and underworld figure in Hell's Kitchen, New York during the late 1890s up until the start of the 20th century. His particular nickname was attributed to his use of a wooden mallet as a weapon against unruly customers and for defending his bar against criminals. His Battle Row saloon, located at Thirty-Ninth Street between Tenth and Eleventh Avenue ,

169-538: Was used as the headquarters of the Gopher Gang during their early years. Mallet Murphy has appeared in several historical novels including A Long Line of Dead Men (1999) by Lawrence Block , Cold Hit (2001) by Linda Fairstein and Michael Walsh 's And All the Saints (2004). Mallet A mallet is a tool used for imparting force on another object, often made of rubber or sometimes wood , that

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