FEAR IN PHOENICIA
FEAR IN PHOENICIA
Steve Nadler is a doctor at a Harlem medical clinic in New York. He was having a day like any other until a woman stumbled into his waiting room with a knife wound to the ribs. The injured woman subsequently dies, but not before Steve notices and records a strange tattooed map on her upper thigh.
Steve shares the photo of the tattoo with his attractive female neighbor who directs him to a private investigator. The Pi makes a shocking discovery: the tattoo is a map denoting the location of the fabled treasure of infamous early twentieth-century gangster, Dutch Schultz. Unfortunately, Steve isn't the only one who knows about the woman's tattoo.
The New York City medical examiner enlists the help of his friend, a Manhattan police captain, and the two pals hatch a plan to hunt for Schultz's treasure in the forest surrounding the sleepy town of Phoenicia, New York. Steve and his crew have similar ambitions and arrive in Phoenicia at the same time. However, neither party anticipates the shocking evil that lurks within the dark notches of the Catskill Mountains.
REAL LIFE CLIPPINGS
The true story behind Dutch Schultz
REAL LIFE CLIPPINGS
The true story behind Dutch Schultz
Dutch Schultz, the man himself
Jake Gurrah Shapiro, co-president of Murder, Inc.. His assignment was to kill Dutch Schultz
Dutch's fate
Dutch Schultz's lawyer Dixie Davis who claims that he saw Schultz's specially built "steel box of riches" with his own eyes. Davis claimed that Dutch owed him $100,000 in legal fees and that he should get paid by the estate from money out of the "the steel box".
Reward issued for information aiding the capture of the co-presidents of Murder, Inc.
Center of photo: Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Meyer Lansky (best friends since childhood) ordered Louis "Lepke" Buchhalter and Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro, the co-presidents of Murder, Inc., to kill Dutch Schultz.
Abe "Kid Twist" Reles testified that he would string his victim's necks to their ankles from behind their back and watch them struggle until they choked themselves to death. Hence, he garnered the name "Kid Twist" for his knot tying abilities and subversive mental state. One of the most prolific killers for Murder, Inc., Reles testified in court that Charles "The Bug" Workman and Mendy Weiss killed Dutch Schultz. Reles looks nervous here, probably because he knew that the forces of Murder Incorporated would get to him. They did, somehow slipping passed 20 police guards who were standing in front of Rele's hotel room door. Reles was thrown (?) out the window of the high-rise Brooklyn hotel and died, (although the official account said that it was a suicide)
Dutch Schultz's Palace Chop House in Newark, New Jersey, where Charles "The Bug" Workman and Mendy Weiss gunned down Schultz and his crew.
Dutch Schultz in hospital, suffering from bullet wounds, continues to voice nonsensical rhymes and rants for 24 hours about going to Phoenicia to recover his treasure box.