Dutch Schultz (born
Arthur Simon Flegenheimer; August 6, 1902October 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 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 made an attempt to kill Dewey, the Commission ordered his murder in 1935.