Wild, Jonathan

Wild, Jonathan

▪ English criminal
born c. 1682, , Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Eng.
died May 24, 1725, London

      master English criminal of early 18th-century London, leader of thieves and highwaymen, extortionist, and fence for stolen goods.

      Married while in his teens, Wild at about the age of 21 deserted his wife and child for the life of London, where he quickly learned the criminal trade while held in a debtors' prison. He was a master organizer, eventually directing a large array of thieves and felons and handling the distribution of spoils. Criminals who ignored or resisted his organization were frequently betrayed; some 120 men, it is said, went to the gallows on Wild's testimonies or leaks to the authorities. At last, after some 15 years of criminal lordship, Wild himself was arrested on a minor felony charge, found guilty, and hanged at Tyburn.

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