Gilbert Yost (died July 10, 1886) was a New York criminal and burglar associated with
George Leslie and later the
Dutch Mob. He was arrested with Leslie after robbing a jewelry store in Norristown, Pennsylvania in 1870 and, while Leslie was able to use his political connections in Philadelphia to secure his release on bail which he forfeited after fleeing the city, Yost was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment.
Yost, along with
Billy Porter and
Johnny Irving, was arrested in Brooklyn on August 11, 1878 while at Porter's
Patchen Avenue home and charged with the burglary Martin Ibert's Sons' flour and grain store on
Graham Avenue the previous day.
He was eventually convicted for the robbery of a jewelry store in
La Porte, Indiana on April 25, 1883 and died while serving a fourteen-year prison term in a Northern Indiana State Prison at
Michigan City, Indiana on July 10, 1886.
See also
*
List of bank robbers and robberies
This is a list of bank robbery, bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies.
Australia
;Robbers
* Brenden Abbott
* Christopher Binse, Christopher "Badness" Binse
* Darcy Dugan
* Keith Faure
* Frank Gardiner–Ben Hall gang
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References
*
Asbury, Herbert. ''The Gangs of New York''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928.
*Byrnes, Thomas. ''1886 Professional Criminals of America''. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1969.
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Year of birth missing
1886 deaths
Criminals from New York City