41 Facts About Dutch Schultz

Dutch Schultz made his fortune in organized crime-related activities, including bootlegging and the numbers racket.

Dutch Schultz asked the Commission for permission to kill Dewey, in an attempt to avert his conviction, which they refused.

When Dutch Schultz disobeyed them and made an attempt to kill Dewey, the Commission ordered his murder in 1935.

Dutch Schultz was shot at a restaurant in Newark, New Jersey, and died the next day.

Dutch Schultz was the second child of German Jewish immigrants Herman and Emma Flegenheimer, who had married in Manhattan on November 10,1900.

Dutch Schultz had a younger sister, Helen, born in 1904.

Dutch Schultz dropped out of school in the eighth grade to help support himself and his mother.

Dutch Schultz worked as a feeder and pressman for the Clark Loose Leaf Company, Caxton Press, American Express and Schultz Trucking in the Bronx between 1916 and 1919.

Dutch Schultz often rode shotgun to guard the trucks from hijackers.

One night the Noe-Dutch Schultz gang kidnapped Joe, beat him and hung him by his thumbs from a meat hook.

Dutch Schultz was left angry and distraught by the loss of his friend and mentor.

Dutch Schultz's trusted lieutenant, Bo Weinberg, then picked up McManus and drove him away from the murder scene.

Dutch Schultz was killed in an Albany rooming house at 67 Dove Street by two gunmen in December 1931.

Dutch Schultz had to deal with internecine conflicts within his own gang.

When Dutch Schultz refused, Coll formed his own crew with the ultimate goal of murdering Dutch Schultz and taking over his territory.

Dutch Schultz was ugly; he had been drinking and suddenly he had his gun out.

Dutch Schultz wore his pistol under his vest, tucked inside his pants, right against his belly.

Dutch Schultz did that murder just as casually as if he were picking his teeth.

Dutch Schultz was indicted in New York in January 1933 and became a fugitive.

Dutch Schultz surrendered in Albany in November 1934 as part of a plan to have his trials moved from New York City to upstate.

Dutch Schultz donated cash to local businesses, gave toys to sick children and performed other charitable deeds.

Bo Weinberg, Dutch Schultz's chief lieutenant, was so concerned about the amount of money that Dutch Schultz was taking from the rackets that he sought advice from New Jersey mob boss Longy Zwillman, who put him in touch with the Sicilian-born gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano.

However, Luciano planned to break up the gang's rackets and territory among his own associates once Dutch Schultz was convicted of tax evasion.

However, after his acquittal, Dutch Schultz quickly arranged a meeting with Luciano through the Commission to clarify the situation.

Publicly, Dutch Schultz was forced to accept that version of events because of the ongoing attention from law enforcement agencies and Dewey, now a special prosecutor appointed by LaGuardia.

Dutch Schultz had proposed to the National Crime Syndicate, a confederation of mobsters, that Dewey be murdered.

An enraged Dutch Schultz told the group that he would kill Dewey anyway and walked out of the meeting.

Later, Murder, Inc leader Albert Anastasia approached Luciano with information that Dutch Schultz had asked him to stake out Dewey's apartment building on Fifth Avenue.

Dutch Schultz then entered the rear dining room with Weiss, with both men firing numerous times at the Schultz gang members.

Witnesses say Dutch Schultz staggered out of the bathroom, clutching his side and sat at his table.

Dutch Schultz called for anyone who could hear him to get an ambulance.

Berman was unconscious, but Dutch Schultz was drifting in and out of lucidity as police attempted to comfort him and get information.

Landau and Rosenkrantz refused to say anything to police until Dutch Schultz had given them permission after he had arrived in the second ambulance.

Dutch Schultz eventually died from his injuries twenty-nine hours after the shooting.

Dutch Schultz received the last rites from a Catholic priest at his request just before he went into surgery.

Dutch Schultz reportedly believed Jesus enabled him to beat an indictment and had promised to convert.

Dutch Schultz lingered for almost one day, speaking in various states of lucidity with his wife, mother, a priest, police and hospital staff before dying of peritonitis on October 24,1935.

In 1941, Workman was convicted of killing Dutch Schultz and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

In Wilson's and Shea's story, Dutch Schultz's ramblings are a coded message.

Martin "Marty" Krompier, whom Dutch Schultz left in charge of his Manhattan interests while he hid in New Jersey, survived an assassination attempt the same night as the shootings at the Palace Chop House.

Dutch Schultz's enemies are said to have spent the remainder of their lives searching for the safe.