In the spring of 1931, the streets of Manhattan were the backdrop for a violent turf war. Amidst this turmoil, Peter Coll, a 24-year-old man, found his life cut short. On the morning of May 30, 1931, while driving down a Harlem street, he was shot and killed. This act of violence was not random but a targeted strike in an ongoing feud between his younger brother, the notorious gangster Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll, and rival mob boss Dutch Schultz.
Peter's death was a direct consequence of the
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