Nicholas Saul (c. 1833 – January 28, 1853) was a nineteenth-century criminal and one of the founding members of the Daybreak Boys, a New York City street gang.[citation needed] Saul led many of the gang's early raids, many of which were before sunrise— earning the gang their nickname—on the Hudson River and East River waterfront. At its height during 1851 to 1853, the gang earned an estimated $200,000 under Saul's leadership.[citation needed]
Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of New York. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928; ISBN1-56025-275-8. A fictionalized story with the quote "Nicholas Saul and William Howlett ... were the most celebrated leaders of the Daybreak Boys" on pages 66 to 67
Sifakis, Carl. The Encyclopedia of American Crime. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2001; ISBN0-8160-4040-0
