They were two of the most famous 'bandits' [='outlaws, robbers'] of the 19th century.
They were charged with 'banditry' and smuggling.
(..) he stuck a knife in the back of a Cossack pig... who had knocked his mother to the ground. At , he prowled New York as a bandit... until he had the cash to feed a family of five. At , he opened a furniture store. Which he built into two, (..)1974 The Gambler