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Beer, bloodshed, and buried treasure. That is the legacy left behind by one of New York’s most notorious malefactors, mobster and bootlegger Dutch Schultz.

Like many other criminals, Schultz saw Prohibition as the golden ticket to a life full of riches. And he was right, although many people had to die for him to achieve his goal. He fought not one, but two bloody gang wars in order to firmly establish himself as New York’s premiere distributor of illegal hooch, the cause of (and solution to) all of life’s problems.

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crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/index_1.html
history.com/this-day-in-history/dutch-schultz-is-born
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digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:6682zm70z
biography.com/crime/dutch-schultz
crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/index_1.html
legendsofamerica.com/dutch-schultz
crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/index_1.html
biography.com/crime/dutch-schultz
fbi.gov/history/artifacts/brick-from-the-palace-chop-house-dutch-schultz-murder-case
archive.org/details/killdutchmanstor00sann/page/114/mode/2up?q=noe&view=theater
biography.com/crime/dutch-schultz
archive.org/details/killdutchmanstor00sann/page/n135/mode/2up?q=noe&view=theater
timesunion.com/news/article/william-kennedy-selling-landmark-leg-diamond-17824396.php
timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/10/13/102169864.pdf
timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1931/04/27/98331455.pdf
fbi.gov/history/artifacts/brick-from-the-palace-chop-house-dutch-schultz-murder-case
theirishstory.com/2022/02/01/vincent-mad-dog-coll-the-gangster-from-gweedore
irishcentral.com/roots/history/vincent-mad-dog-coll
timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/01/22/99287185.pdf
theirishstory.com/2022/02/01/vincent-mad-dog-coll-the-gangster-from-gweedore
archive.org/details/killdutchmanstor00sann/page/152/mode/2up?view=theater&q=coll
crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/rackets_3.html
archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s8f3/page/46/mode/2up?view=theater&q=schultz
crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/rackets_4.html
archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s8f3/page/46/mode/2up?view=theater&q=schultz
crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/end_6.html
archive.org/details/killdutchmanstor00sann/page/24/mode/2up?view=theater
nytimes.com/1964/03/11/archives/schultzs-killer-freed-in-treton-charles-workman-served-23-years-of.html
crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/1935_7.html
nypost.com/article/searching-for-gangster-dutch-schultzs-gold/%5D
timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/modern-hunt-for-dutch-schultz-treasure-catskills-16317319.php

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