Dutch Schultz German Jewish-American Mobster
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Robert Grey Reynolds Jr | ISBN: | 9781311500571 |
| Publisher: | Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr | Publication: | July 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Grey Reynolds Jr |
| ISBN: | 9781311500571 |
| Publisher: | Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr |
| Publication: | July 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Dutch Schultz made the big time of racketeers when he entered the business of speakeasies. From a respectable Bronx family Schultz served time on Roosevelt Island for a minor offense that he committed in 1919. When he was paroled he got into speakeasies, partnering with James Noe after a brief stint in larceny with Legs Diamond. Noe was shot and killed several months later and Dutch Schultz took over the business, and expanded his liquor racket within a short time. The Harlem lottery was a $100 million annual profit for a West Indian who ran it before he went to jail in 1931. By the time his prison term concluded Schultz had muscled in and taken over his lucrative lottery.
Dutch Schultz made the big time of racketeers when he entered the business of speakeasies. From a respectable Bronx family Schultz served time on Roosevelt Island for a minor offense that he committed in 1919. When he was paroled he got into speakeasies, partnering with James Noe after a brief stint in larceny with Legs Diamond. Noe was shot and killed several months later and Dutch Schultz took over the business, and expanded his liquor racket within a short time. The Harlem lottery was a $100 million annual profit for a West Indian who ran it before he went to jail in 1931. By the time his prison term concluded Schultz had muscled in and taken over his lucrative lottery.
