Dutch Schultz (born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer; August 6, 1901 – October 24, 1935) was an American mobster based in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. He made his fortune in organized crime -related activities, including bootlegging and the numbers racket.

Feb 8, 2025 · Dutch Schultz (born Aug. 6, 1902, Bronx, N.Y., U.S.—died Oct. 23, 1935, Newark, N.J.) was an American gangster of the 1920s and ’30s who ran bootlegging and other rackets in New York City.

Apr 2, 2014 · Gangster Dutch Schultz built up a criminal network that included bootlegging, illegal gambling and murder. His biggest enemies were Legs Diamond and the IRS.

Aug 18, 2024 · Schultz made a name for himself early on in the Bronx, first working as a bouncer at a speakeasy. His boss, gangster Joey Noe, was impressed with Schultz’s brutality, and the two eventually became partners, opening several more illicit bars in the area.

Due to his working relationship with Luciano, when the Castellammarese War began in February 1930, Schultz was aligned with the forces of Giuseppe Joe the Boss Masseria. Opposed to the Masseria faction was Salvatore Maranzano who was actively seeking to become the capo-di-tutti-capi, boss of all bosses.

Dutch Schultz was a New York City-area mobster of the 1920s and 1930s who made a fortune in criminal activities. Before he was killed, he was said to have buried a treasure trove in the Catskill Mountains.

SCHULTZ, DUTCH (Arthur Simon Flegenheimer , "The Dutchman"; 1902–1935), U.S. gangster of the 1920s and 1930s, only boss of Murder Incorporated to be killed by Murder Inc. Born in Manhattan to Emma Neu and Herman, Austrian-German immigrants, Schultz was raised in the Bronx after his father abandoned the family when Schultz was young.

Arthur Flegenheimer or the Dutchman but best known as Dutch Schultz is one of the more recognizable faces from the Prohibition Era, was a bootlegger, racketeer and mobster during the 1920’s & 30’s.

Dec 30, 2022 · A brutal mobster and ruthless racketeer, Arthur “Dutch Schultz” Flegenheimer was one of the most intimidating figures of the 1930s. Far from the complex philanthropy of Bumpy Johnson and...

Dutch Schultz is one of the best known New York mobsters of the prohibition era. After dropping out of school in the fourth grade and turning to a life of crime, Schultz started with pickpocketing and petty theft, moved up to bootlegging and smuggling, and eventually left his mark in …