People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1894 — MOTHER MANDELBAUM DEAD. [ARTICLE]

MOTHER MANDELBAUM DEAD.

The Notorious New York “Fence'* Ki. pires at Hamilton, Out. Hamilton, Ont., Feb. 28.—Mother Mandelbaum, otherwise Mrs. Frederica Mandelbaum, well-known in New York city as a notorious “fence,” and who did a flourishing business there in this line until driven out by the police, died here. Mrs. Mandelbaum was about 6b years of age. She was very wealthy, having accumulated a considerable fortune as a go-between for thieves and crooks as the receiver of stolen goods in New bork. She came here about ten years ago, when the New York authorities had begun proceedings against her and her conviction was probable.