Dutch Schultz 1 of 5 - Menace to Society

Dutch Schultz 1 of 5- Menace to Society

Gangster, bootlegger, and murderer. Born Arthur Flegenheimer on August 6, 1902, in New York, New York. During his relatively brief life, Dutch Schultz became a powerful figure in the New York crime world, earning the nicknames "Beer Baron of the Bronx" and "The Dutchman." The son of Jewish immigrants from Germany, he grew up in the slums of the Bronx. His father abandoned the family when Schultz was in his early teens. Soon after, he left school and started working odd jobs.
Schultz discovered that crime was more lucrative than a day job. He was arrested for burglary and served 17 months in prison for the crime at the age of 17—his only prison sentence ever. After his release, Schultz returned to the streets and his gang of thugs. His associates gave him the nickname "Dutch Schultz" after a local gangster known for his violent, brutal ways.
In the 1920s, Schultz got involved in bootlegging beer during the Prohibition and was once associated with notorious gangsters Lucky Luciano and Legs Diamond. Schultz eventually bought a partnership in an illegal saloon. Ruthless and determined, he formed a gang with friend and fellow criminal Joey Noe. They built an illegal beer business selling beer in New York, intimidating rival saloons into buying from them. Schultz even went as far as kidnapping and torturing a man who refused to buy their booze. The group expanded its operations from the Bronx into Manhattan. But this led to a conflict with Legs Diamond. In October 1928, Noe was shot and killed by members of Diamond's gang. Schultz is believed to have ordered the killing of a Diamond associate in retaliation. Diamond himself met a bitter end in 1931, reportedly at the hands of one of Schultz's thugs.
In his quest for power and wealth, Schultz clashed with other gangsters, such as former associate Vincent Coll. The two were embroiled in a vicious gang war during the early 1930s, which led a number of men dead in both camps. The conflict lasted until Coll was killed—reportedly by a member of Schultz's gang—in 1932.
Around this time, Schultz continued to grow his illicit enterprises, adding illegal gambling into his portfolio of profitable crimes. His gang operated slot machines and ran a policy racket, which was like a type of lottery. After prohibition was repealed, Dutch allied himself with Otto Berman, the leader of the numbers racket in Harlem. The team was able to change the odds at the racetrack and win nearly every bet. In 1933 alone, Dutch's operation pulled in 13 million dollars in profit. But Schultz was increasingly attracted the attention of the authorities and was indicted on a tax charge in 1933. He spent months hiding out before surrendering in November 1934. The next year Schultz tried twice for income tax evasion. The first case ended with a hung jury, and he was acquitted in the second one. But all of his time on trial affected his business.
The authorities weren't finished with him yet, especially New York special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey. He wanted to prosecute Schultz for his illegal policy business but before that could happen Schultz was indicated on federal tax charges in October 1935. Still Schultz blamed Dewey for his legal woes and started to plan to get rid of his nemesis. After his last trial, Dutch returned to New York City, but the district attorney, Thomas Dewey, prepared new charges against him. Dutch decided to go to Murder Inc. and order a hit on Dewey. Albert Anastasia, the head of Murder Inc., scoped out Dewey's apartment, but decided against performing the hit after talking with Lucky Luciano.
After the hit was canceled, Dutch was furious. He declared that he would kill Dewey himself and made preparations. Allegedly his talk of killing a public figure made some of his fellow gangsters nervous and they ordered a hit on Schultz instead.
On the night of October 23, 1935, Schultz and four of his associates were shot at a restaurant in Newark, New Jersey. A brutal man believed to have been responsible for deaths of many others—at his hand or by his order—died the next day. Shortly before his death, he gave a rambling statement to the authorities, but he never named his killer.

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[leedumett444]

GREAT POST. THANKS. DUTCH WAS A COOL RUTHLESS BOOTLEGGER.

[TheGanglandman2]

@leedumett444 Totally agree 100% :)

[vinylray]

Thank You

[TheGanglandman2]

@vinylray  Thanks :) Hope u liked the upload

[TheGanglandman2]

@vinylray No probs...hope u liked it :)

[capucchan8]

lol how long have gangs and thugs existed in the Bronx and Brownsville?

[MrDayd3]

No sound!!!!

[hippa2dahoppa2]

my grandpa KNEW this guy, he only told me a few things though he absolutely hated talking about it

[allamakee1397]

NO SOUND

[MRKILLYOURSELF2]

@Taligitah Thats cause they hated on DUTCH CAUSE HE HAD MORE MONEY THAN THOSE MF,S!

[mrtundra45]

Lucky Luciano killed the jews Bugsy Segal and Dutch Schultz.......

[leedumett444]

dutch was the bronx beer baron.

[chesterbesterfeild]

no sound

[Imfrombigginhill]

ha ha 5.55 eric clapton

[blkmun86]

i have a girlfriend that i love but i get oral sex from transexual but i am not

gay the transexual had a sex change but i did not tell my girlfriend

but i hate all faggots i hope the get aids

[boum62]

Great lesson in life for fathers. Stay with your kids and support your family. Boys need a father figure.

[Taligitah]

@Taligitah

by the way how are u doin? My name i s Oliver what's ur name?

[Taligitah]

@BodomTranquilityWorm

and did i asked for a response on my comment?

[BodomTranquilityWorm]

@Activity150 Well, The gun can not be any worse than you putting "the gun at 0:30 dosen't worked"... For one, You spelled doesn't incorrectly, Two It doesn't worked? What? I thought it was supposed to be, " The gun does not work" Or " The gun doesn't work", But what you put was just pure retarded. Not even forming a proper sentence. So, You really have no right to judge a gun in a show, When you should be judging the fact of you need to go back to school. Your sentence forming is terrible.

[BodomTranquilityWorm]

@Taligitah What you say may be true, But no one asked who was better. Why did you feel the need to add that in? It is not a competition, So there was no need for it.

[benbenben796]

Did all the men in New York wear suits back in those days?

[Taligitah]

YEAH HE WAS GOOD BUT AL AND LUCKY WERE BETTER...........

[barkulator]

Give Us Beer and Balance the Economy

[1980nutshell]

No sounds

[chinahands100]

the girls look lik fun..

[hugebodylover]

THANKS IN TIMES LIKE THIS WE NEED TO BE LIKE DUTCH F@#K THE LAW!

[fukdyamum]

It seems all you need to be a successful gangster is be absolutely crazy, not superior, not strong, just sick and crazy.

[dirty06maggot]

lol never spending more than 35 dollar on a suit

[shanghaibenny2]

6:13. During Prohibition it was not illegal to take a drink. Commerce in liquor was illegal, i.e., make, transport and sell it.