Lovely to see Queens of the Underworld cited in this article on the historical background to the TV drama A Thousand Blows. But there is a lot of confusion going on. Mary Carr led the 19th century gang the Forty Thieves, not the 20th century gang the Forty Elephants. The Forty Thieves were not big time shoplifters, whereas the Forty Elephants were a nationwide shoplifting syndicate. Full article here.