"He must have done something. They don't kill you for nothing." - Chicago Gangster Ted Newberry. Rubbed out January 7, 1933

Monday, March 24, 2014

Harlem Shuffle

 On this date in 1931, Andrew D'Amato, the twenty-four year old proprietor of The Bible Club, a Harlem speakeasy, was erased from the underworld landscape. It was assumed that Andrew was put on the spot in a restaurant or speakeasy because after three bullets were drilled into his skull a tablecloth was wrapped around his head to prevent a bloody mess. What was once Andrew was then loaded into a car, driven outside of the city and tossed out near Mt. Vernon where a passing milkman found him early in the morning.

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