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. Schultz's rackets were weakened by two tax evasion trials led by United States Attorney Thomas Dewey, and also threatened by fellow mobster Lucky Luciano.
Schultz asked the Commission,the governing body of the American Mafia, for permission to kill Dewey, in an attempt to avert his conviction. They refused. When Schultz disobeyed them and made an attempt to kill Dewey, the Commission ordered his murder in 1935. Schultz was shot at a restaurant in Newark, New Jersey, and died the next day.
Read more...The August 6, 1901 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 217 day of the year. President of the United States was William McKinley.
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Date: 07 August 1901
Special to The New York Times
NEWPORT, Aug. 6. -- The leading social event to-night was the dinner dance given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Oelrichs in honor of their daughter, Miss Lily Oelrichs, and her fiance, Peter D. Martin of San Francisco. The entertainment was given at the Clambake club at Easton's Point, which is becoming more and more popular for dinners and other social events.
Date: 07 August 1901
Through the completion of the heavy new bridges over the Hackensack and the Passaic Rivers, the Lackawanna Railroad has been enabled to run much heavier equipment over its Morris and Essex Division. The first tangible benefit due to these improvements is now to result to the inhabitants of Newark, the Oranges, Morristown, and other important suburban towns along the Lackawanna.