   dutch schultz (born arthur flegenheimer; august 6, 1901october 24, 1935) was a new york city-area german jewish-american mobster of the 1920s and 1930s who made his fortune in organized crime-related activities, including bootlegging alcohol and the numbers racket. weakened by two tax evasion trials led by prosecutor thomas dewey, schultz's rackets were also threatened by fellow mobster lucky luciano. in an attempt to avert his conviction, schultz asked the commission for permission to kill dewey, which they refused. when schultz disobeyed them and attempted to kill him anyway, the commission ordered his murder in 1935. ==early years== arthur simon flegenheimer was born to german jewish immigrants herman and emma flegenheimer. when dutch was 15 years old, his father abandoned his family. the event traumatized schultz, and he always denied his father had left them.http://www.newyorkcitygangland.com following his father's departure, dutch left school to support himself and his mother. from 1916 to 1919, he worked as a feeder and pressman for the clark loose leaf company, caxton press, american express, and schultz trucking in the bronx.http://www.nycgangland.com he then worked at a neighborhood night club owned by a minor mobster, and began robbing craps games before turning to burglary. schultz was caught breaking into an apartment and sent to the prison on blackwell's island (now known as roosevelt island). a photograph of schultz at age 18, during his incarceration, was published in the 2010 book "new york city gangland." the prison staff soon found their new prisoner to be unmanageable and transferred him to the work farm in westhampton, new york. schultz managed to escape, but was recaptured and two months were added to his sentence. he was paroled december 8, 1920. dutch went back to work at schultz trucking and was soon associat
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