George Washington Appo (1856 - 1930)

Born 4 Jul 1856 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Died 17 May 1930 at age 73 in New York City, New York, USA

Biography

George Washington Appo was born July 4, 1856 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.^[1] He was a son of Chang Appo and Katherine Fitzpatrick.^[1]

George was a pickpocket and fraudster whose manner of speech in a testimony became influential in depictions of criminals. His father was a criminally insane Chinese American called "Quimbo Appo", Chinese name "Lee Ah Bow", while his mother, Catherine Fitzpatrick, was an Irish American. Appo served time in various New York penitentiaries including Sing Sing, the Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, and the upstate penitentiary in Dennamora. Appo was also involved in a green goods scam in Poughkeepsie at one point in his life.

George died May 17, 1930 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.^[1] He is buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery in New York, United States.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949 George Appo. 17 May 1930, Manhattan, New York, New York.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Appo

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4L9-BXY : accessed 12 August 2019), George Appo, Manhattan (Districts 0751-1000), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 842, sheet 3B, line 66, family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1572; FHL microfilm 2,341,307.