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Stephanie St. Clair (December 24, 1897 in Martinique, French Caribbean [1] – December 1969) was a racketeer who ran numerous enterprises in Harlem, New York in the early 20th century. [2] St. Clair resisted the Mafia 's interests for several years after Prohibition ended; she became a local legend for her public denunciations of corrupt ...
Johnson became an associate and enforcer for numbers queen Madame Stephanie St. Clair. [4] In the 1930s, he quickly climbed the ranks to become her most trusted soldier. St. Clair incited a war with her rival, Jewish mob boss Dutch Schultz, for control of Harlem's rackets. The war resulted in more than 40 murders and several kidnappings and ...
Madame Queen is attacked by Schultz’s men, led by black enforcer Bub Hewlett, but Bumpy and fellow mobster Whispers repel the assassins and rescue her. At a meeting of the Commission, Schultz states his determination to take over Harlem. After robbing Schultz’s operation with Illinois, Bumpy is chastised by Madame Queen for making his own ...
Stephanie St. Clair – criminal leader; lived at 409 Edgecombe Avenue [47] Willie "The Lion" Smith – pianist; Wallace Thurman – writer [33] Jean Toomer – writer [37] James Van Der Zee – photographer [39] Madam C.J. Walker – philanthropist and tycoon; A'Lelia Walker – socialite and businesswoman; Fats Waller – pianist, born at 107 ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
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Rather than accept a back seat however, he decided he wanted the central role. One by one various numbers operators were picked up by Schultz and told they would have to deal with him. Most complied but he was resisted by Madame Stephanie St. Clair and Bumpy Johnson. Holstein saw himself as having a political mission which would be undermined ...
One of the powerful early numbers bosses was a woman, Madame Stephanie St. Clair, who fought gun battles with mobster Dutch Schultz over control of the lucrative trade. [147] The popularity of playing the numbers waned with the introduction of the state lottery, which is legal but has lower payouts and has taxes collected on winnings. [148]