Arnold Rothstein

Arnold Rothstein, a 46-year-old White man, was pulled into the Park Central Hotel in Manhattan, New York, on the night of November 4, 1928, for what sounded like just another tense meeting in a world where money, favors, and grudges traded hands as easily as cards. Somewhere inside the hotel, a confrontation reached its breaking point. A shot tore into him, and he lurched away from the room where he’d been summoned, clutching himself as he staggered toward the service areas, leaving a trail of ...

Ninety years later, Arnold Rothstein murder still a mystery

One of New York's most notorious gamblers is shot to death |