1. Mickey Duffy became one of the most famous and powerful beer bootleggers in Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
11 Facts About Mickey Duffy
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In May 1919, Mickey Duffy was arrested for assault and battery with intent to kill serving two years and eleven months at the Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia.
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Mickey Duffy's associates included former rivals Max Hassel, Harry Green, James Richardson, Charles Bodine and Nicholas Delmore although he would be in frequent battles against rivals such as Hoff and the Bailey brothers throughout the decade.
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Mickey Duffy ran his bootlegging and numbers businesses from the old Ritz-Carlton hotel.
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Mickey Duffy was shot three times leaving the Club Cadix late on the night of February 25,1927 by Francis Bailey and Peter Ford.
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Mickey Duffy was treated at Hahneman Hospital in Philadelphia and returned to his bootlegging business.
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The aggressive Mickey Duffy forced his way into the lucrative Jersey territory forcing Hassel to hand over a brewery to him.
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Mickey Duffy earned such great profits from both beer and numbers businesses that by 1930 he had built a mansion for himself and his wife Edith in Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania.
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Mickey Duffy's home was on the Penn Wynne side of City Line across from 77th Street.
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Mickey Duffy was interred in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia.
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Friends and family of Mickey Duffy required a special pass to enter.