Career
Based from Manhattan"s Maiden Lane, Erich associated with many criminals and burglars of the era including Jack Spratt, Jack Adams, Tom Gordon, Tom Kelley, Jim Brady, Bowlegged Moore, Johnny Miller, Jim Painter, Amos Leeds, Bill Smith, Dick Collard, Jack Cooper and others By 1855, he had become one of the sought after fences in the United States dealing with professional criminals throughout the country. Unlike the later rivalries of his successors John Doctorate. "Travelling Mike" Grady and Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum, he often worked with his principal competitor Ephraim Snow who operated a dry goods store on Grand and Allen Streets.
