Spanish Louie

Male, Deceased Person

– 1910

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Who was Spanish Louie?

John Lewis, better known by his alias Indian or Spanish Louie, was an American criminal and member of the Humpty Jackson Gang, serving as the gang leader's longtime lieutenant from around the turn of the 20th century until his murder in either 1900 or 1910. His death was the first recorded use of a drive by shooting as a means of gangland execution in New York City.

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Religion
  • Sephardic Judaism
Died
Apr 1, 1910
Manhattan

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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