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Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 – November 6, 1928), [1] nicknamed "The Brain", was an American racketeer, crime boss, businessman, and gambler who became a ...
While Arnold Rothstein was the typical mobster, participating in organized crime like racketeering and bootlegging, he was also a savvy, avid gambler. ... He was killed in a shootout with FBI ...
Thomas "Fat" or "Fatty" Walsh (died March 4 or 7, 1929) [1] was a New York mobster involved in narcotics and an associate of Dutch Schultz and Charles "Lucky" Luciano.He was taken in for questioning along with Luciano and George Uffner regarding the 1928 gangland slaying of Arnold Rothstein, of whom he was a former bodyguard with Jack "Legs" Diamond, however he and the others were later released.
Retaliation started a few weeks later when Arnold Rothstein, a crime boss in the Jewish mob, was found fatally shot near the service entrance to the Park Central Hotel on November 6, 1928. Although George "Hump" McManus supposedly killed Rothstein over an unpaid gambling debt, Schultz is believed to have ordered the killing in retribution for ...
John D. Coughlin (July 2, 1874 – September 30, 1951) was an American law enforcement officer, detective and police inspector in the New York City Police Department.He served as head of the NYPD detectives division from 1920 until 1928 when he was removed from office amid charges of police laxity following the murder of underworld figure Arnold Rothstein.
Jewish gangster Arnold Rothstein (46), an avid gambler best remembered for his alleged role fixing the 1919 World Series, died on 6 November 1928 of gunshot wounds, inflicted the day before during a New York City business meeting. [82] On his deathbed, he refused to identify his killer to the police.
One of the passengers was George Uffner, a New York organized crime figure and former associate of Arnold Rothstein, Charles Luciano and Frank Costello. In the wreckage there were found loose diamonds valued at $200,000 (equivalent to $1.6 million in 2023) [1] and another undamaged case of diamonds. It was speculated that the diamonds belonged ...
Former Congressman killed in his office Murder of John Lennon: Manhattan, New York City: December 8, 1980: 1: Killer found to be insane 1981 Brink's robbery: Nanuet: October 20, 1981: 3: Robbery Palm Sunday massacre: Brooklyn, New York City: April 15, 1984: 10: Shooting of Eleanor Bumpurs: The Bronx, New York City: October 29, 1984: 1: Botched ...