Burgess Gang: Difference between revisions
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|origin = South Island, New Zealand | |origin = South Island, New Zealand | ||
|foundation = 1862 | |foundation = 1862 | ||
|headquarters = | |headquarters = South Island, New Zealand | ||
|commanders = [[Richard Burgess]] | |commanders = [[Richard Burgess]] | ||
|agents = [[Thomas Kelly]]<br>[[Philip Levy]]<br>[[Joseph Sullivan]] | |agents = [[Thomas Kelly]]<br>[[Philip Levy]]<br>[[Joseph Sullivan]] | ||
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|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>Robbery | |crimes = [[Murder]]<br>Robbery | ||
|type of villains = Criminal Gang}} | |type of villains = Criminal Gang}} | ||
The '''Burgess Gang''' was a four-man crime gang active | The '''Burgess Gang''' was a four-man crime gang active on South Island, New Zealand, from 1862 - 1866. They were responsible for the 1866 Maungatapu murders, in which they robbed and murdered five people along the Maungatapu track in two separate incidents. | ||
==History== | ==History== |