CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Hudson Dusters Founder Circular Jack Kid Yorke Goo Goo Knox Founding location Lower East Side, New York Years active 1890s-1910s Territory Manhattan Ethnicity Irish-American Membership 200 (est.) Criminal activities Burglary , armed robbery , street muggings , assault , narcotics . Rivals Boodle Gang Marginals Pearl Buttons Fashion Plates Gopher Gang The Hudson Dusters was a New York City street gang during the early twentieth century. Formed in the late 1890s by "Circular Jack", "Kid Yorke", and "Goo Goo Knox", the gang began operating from an apartment house on Hudson Street . Knox, a former member of the Gopher Gang , had fled after a failed attempt to gain leadership of the gang from then leader, Marty Brennan. However the two gangs later became all...