Claim: Johnny Spanish, born in 1890 in New York City, was a labor racketeer, armed robber, and drug dealer and known as a rival of former partner "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan.
Evidence: Johnny Spanish (1890 – July 29, 1919) was an American gangster who was a rival of former partner "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan during a garment workers' strike which later become known as the Second Labor Sluggers War in 1919. Labor racketeer, armed robber, drug dealer In 1909, Spanish started working together with "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan. The two soon had a falling out that culminated in a knife fight in the street; They fell out because of a dispute over Spanish's then girlfriend, engaging in a vicious street fight in which the Dropper nearly stabbed his rival to death.