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Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 – November 6, 1928), nicknamed "The Brain", was an American racketeer, crime boss, businessman, and gambler who became a kingpin of the Jewish Mob in New York City.
Jul 6, 2015 · Arnold Rothstein was a Jewish-American mob boss who inspired a character in 'The Great Gatsby' and was portrayed in the series 'Boardwalk Empire.'
Arnold Rothstein (born 1882/83, New York City—died Nov. 6, 1928, New York City) was an American big-time gambler, bootlegger, and friend of high-placed politicians and businessmen, who dominated influence-peddling in the 1920s in New York City.
Rothstein was a major player in the growing East Coast Mob syndicates before and during Prohibition, until he was gunned down on November 4, 1928, at the Park Central Hotel in Manhattan. Some blamed the murder on a poker player to whom Rothstein owed a $300,000 gambling debt.
Nov 6, 2018 · Within an hour, Arnold Rothstein – the man known around town as “The Brain” and “The Big Bankroll” – took a violent jolt of hot lead to the abdomen. Hotel employees saw him stumbling and bleeding badly at a hotel service door before collapsing.
Mar 1, 2022 · Jewish mafioso Arnold Rothstein rigged a World Series and invented the drug game. But his crimes came back to bite him - his own gory murder.
The kingpin of the New York Jewish underworld was not a street tough gangster, but a refined gambler: Arnold Rothstein. According to Rockaway, "Rothstein is recognized as the pioneer big businessman of organized crime in the United States."
Sep 29, 2023 · Arnold “The Brain” Rothstein – The Founding Father of Organized Crime. New York crime reporter Leo Katcher said that Arnold Rothstein “ transformed organized crime from a thuggish activity practiced by hoodlums into a big business, run like a corporation, with himself at the top.”.
Sep 14, 2022 · Never convicted. He was able to break the law so openly because he was deeply connected to every part of New York society—government, the financial world, show business, Broadway, the muckety-mucks, and the mobsters. He was famous for carrying fat wads of cash on his person.
Oct 24, 2012 · But just what was the relationship between Arnold Rothstein and the 1919 World Series fix? A recent investigative biography of Rothstein by David Pietrusza sheds new light on this question....
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