The controversy over the nation’s Prohibition Amendment spilled over into New Jersey politics. Republicans, whose base...
Legs Diamond & The Hotsy Totsy Club
After a shooting in Legs Diamond and his partner Charlie Entratta's speakeasy bar, The Hotsy Totsy Club at 1721...
Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll & His Gang
After a disagreement with Dutch Schultz over the robbery of a dairy in the Bronx among other things, "Mad Dog" Coll...
Danny Walsh – Bootlegger
Danny Walsh was a mobster from Providence, Rhode Island involved in bootlegging during Prohibition. He was the top...
Charles “Vannie” Higgins – The Last Irish Boss of Brooklyn
Charles "Vannie" Higgins was a mobster and one of the most prominent bootleggers during Prohibition. Known as...
Owney “The Killer” Madden – Leader of the Gopher Gang
When Madden assumed control of the Gopher Gang in Hell's Kitchen his territory stretched from below 42nd Street and...
Charlotte “Lottie” Kreisberger / Coll
The quintessential mob moll, a street wise German Jewish girl Lottie Kreisberger was first Vincent Coll's girlfriend...
“Dapper” Danny Hogan
Danny Hogan was a gangster and boss of Saint Paul, Minnesota's Irish Mob during Prohibition. Originally born in...
Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll
Originally from Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland the Coll family emigrated in New York in 1909 Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll...