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Dutch Schultz

Dutch Schultz, American gangster (died 1935)

Born
August 6, 1901
Died
October 24, 1935
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1901

About Dutch Schultz

Arthur Simon Flegenheimer, known as Dutch Schultz, 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. When police found the car an hour later, they discovered the body of a Louis Weinberg (no relation to Schultz gang members Abraham "Bo" Weinberg and George Weinberg) in the backseat. This theory is supported by the fact that the first individual McManus rang after the killing was Schultz's attorney, Dixie Davis. It was also during this time that Flegenheimer became better known as "Dutch" Schultz. The Noe-Schultz operation, which had begun to flourish in the Bronx, soon became the only gang able to rival the network of Italian crime syndicates that became the Mafia's Five Families.

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The world when Dutch Schultz was born

Dutch Schultz was born in 1901. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1901

  • Best-selling book"The Crisis" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst American League season
  • Top headlinePresident McKinley assassinated — Roosevelt becomes president
  • Technology milestoneFirst transatlantic radio signal by Marconi
  • World population~1.61B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley / Theodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population77.6M

1901 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Dutch Schultz's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19012026
Population77.6M341 million

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