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*Sifakis, Carl. ''The Encyclopedia of American Crime''. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2005. ISBN 0-8160-4040-0 |
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==External links== |
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*[http://toughjews.blogspot.com/2006/07/max-zwerbach-original-kid-twist.html Murder Incorporated: Max Zwerbach - The Original "Kid Twist"] |
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*[http://sixforfive.blogspot.com/search?q=max+zweifach Six for Five: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF JEWISH GANGSTERS AND SCHLAMMERS IN NEW YORK CITY FROM 1900 - 1941] |
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Max Zwerbach | |
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 Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach | |
| Died | May 14, 1908 (aged 24) |
Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach born as Maxwell Zwerbach or Zweifach ( March 14, 1884 - May 14, 1908) was an American gangster who, during the turn of the century, belonged to the Eastman Gang and later succeeded the New York gang leader following his arrest in 1904. Virtually nothing is known of Zwerbach's early life and origins.
Career
Zwerbach first fully enters the picture three weeks after the great Rivington Street gun battle between the Eastman and Five Points Gang, which occurred on September 17, 1903. Monk Eastman had been arrested in New Jersey and when Kid Twist learned he was locked up, he gathered up fifty men and led several carriage loads of them across the river, with the intention of storming the jail to free the boss. Cooler heads prevailed and the scheme never came off.
When Eastman was locked up for robbery the next year, Kid Twist found himself at odds with an old pal named Richie Fitzpatrick over the leadership of the gang. The two met in a peace conference in a Sheriff Street saloon on the night of November 1 1904. Fitzpatrick wound up shot to death by one of Twist's men, Harris Stahl aka Kid Dahl.
Two Eastmans were in a saloon drinking and chuckling, when a young boy delivered them a note, saying Carroll Terry was outside and wanted to see them. The two men went outside, when Louie The Lump, shot Kid Twist and Cyclone Louie. Carroll Terry herself arrived and Louie shot her through the shoulder. As the gangster limped away, a police officer yelled for him to halt. Pioggi whirled around and fired one shot, which ripped off the officer's helmet.
Aftermath
Louie The Lump was arrested almost a year later and pleaded guilty, receiving eleven months in jail, sneering that, "I could do that standin' on me head!" After the death of Kid Twist, the Eastman Gang split into factions, continuing their feud with the Five Pointers. Leadership of the largest faction fell to Zwerbach's young protege, Jack Zelig.
References
- Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of New York. New York: Alfred A. Knoff, 1927.
- Kelly, Robert J. Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in the United States. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2000. ISBN 0-313-30653-2
- Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2005 ISBN 0-8160-5694-3
- Sifakis, Carl. The Encyclopedia of American Crime. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2005. ISBN 0-8160-4040-0
- "Killed At Coney By Jealous Suitor" New York Times, May 15, 1908.