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Charles "King" Solomon (1884 – January 24, 1933) was a Russian-born mob boss who controlled Boston 's bootlegging, narcotics, and illegal gambling during the Prohibition era.
Jan 24, 2015 · King Charles Solomon ruled Boston’s underworld without challenge until a small-time gangster gunned him down in the men’s room of the Cotton Club on Jan. 24, 1933. King Charles Solomon, left, with his bandleader Joe Solomon (no relation); Dorothy ‘Dot’ England, his frequent companion; and maitre d’ Teddy Roy.
Jan 24, 2024 · A man whose name was well known in Boston's speakeasies met his demise in the bathroom of one of the City's famed nightclubs ninety-one years ago. Described as Boston's "Al Capone," Charles...
Buccola ruled as boss of the combined family from East Boston as he continued to fatally dispatch his competition. After the murder of Jewish mob boss Charles "King" Solomon at Buccola's command, Buccola became the most powerful gangster in Boston.
Jun 5, 2013 · Among the most colorful characters of the Hub underworld: Charles "King" Solomon, the Prohibition-era bootlegger who met a grisly end in a city nightclub; Harry "Doc" Sagansky, the...
Nov 27, 2017 · They sold the club to Charles “King” Solomon, a gangster, for $10,000 in 1931 (about $155,000 in today’s money). Solomon had different ideas about how to run the venue. He turned it into...
Charles "King" Solomon (1884-January 24, 1933) was a Jewish-American mob boss who controlled Boston's bootlegging, narcotics and illegal gambling during Prohibition. Biography. One of the earliest organized crime figures in New England's history, Solomon immigrated from the Russian Empire as a boy settling with his family in Boston's West End.
