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Norman Bruhn (2 June 1894 – 23 June 1927) was a notorious and violent Australian dockworker, armed robber and standover man with links to the criminal underworld in both Melbourne and Sydney.
Mar 7, 2019 · Learn about Norman Bruhn, a notorious Australian gangster who operated in Melbourne and Sydney in the interwar era. Explore his prison record, his co-offending network and his violent death in this article.
Norman Bruhn, aged 34 years, the victim of the shooting affray in Charlotte-lane, Darlinghurst, on Wednesday night, died in Sydney Hospital at 7 o'clock yesterday morning.
November 1926 Norman Bruhn, a standover man from Melbourne, arrived in Sydney and set up in the Cross. He came into conflict with both Kate, Tilly and Phil ‘the Jew’ Jeffs (ran drugs and gambling in the Cross).
Jul 6, 2018 · Norman Bruhn was the leader of the first razor gang in Sydney, which fought with Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh for control of the city's crime scene in the 1920s. He was shot dead in Charlotte Lane in 1927, but his legacy lives on in the stories and photos of his gang members and rivals.
Apr 6, 2011 · THE year was 1926 when ambitious gangster Norman Bruhn headed for Sydney after burning his bridges in Melbourne's underworld. Yesterday he arrived at Central Station, as the Underbelly production train rolled into town and began filming the story of Bruhn and his bloody assault on Darlinghurst razor gangs.
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The first so-called razor gang was the standover mob run by Melbourne gangster Norman Bruhn, one of whose members was the aptly named Snowy Cutmore. Bruhn and his gang made the razor their signature weapon as they stood over criminal enterprises, demanding money in return for ‘protection’.
