{"id":112245,"date":"2020-11-15T01:19:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T22:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/searching-for-gangster-dutch-schultzs-gold\/"},"modified":"2020-11-15T01:19:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T22:19:58","slug":"searching-for-gangster-dutch-schultzs-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/searching-for-gangster-dutch-schultzs-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"#Searching for gangster Dutch Schultz&#8217;s gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30e671261e0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30e671261e0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/searching-for-gangster-dutch-schultzs-gold\/#The_road_to_Dutch_Schultzs_loot\" >The road to Dutch Schultz\u2019s loot<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Searching for gangster Dutch Schultz&#8217;s gold<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Catskills-Gold-Rush-Dutch-Schultz.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                        Upstate New York: Home to Buffalo wings, Niagara Falls and a gangster\u2019s buried treasure?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, legend has it that the Catskills town of Phoenicia conceals a trove of money, bonds and jewels that once belonged to a New York City bootlegger named Dutch Schultz. The criminal\u2019s riches have been hunted for nearly 90 years, but after a recent breakthrough, two intrepid men believe they\u2019re about to hit the jackpot.<\/p>\n<p>Colorfully known as the Beer Baron of the Bronx, Schultz made a fortune in the 1920s selling suds during Prohibition, when alcoholic beverages were illegal across the US. Born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer in 1902, and raised in a slummy Bronx neighborhood, Schultz, along with his thugs, made a lucrative trade from hawking banned booze, even though their brew was known for being the most horrendous tasting stuff in town.<\/p>\n<p>Chalk up the gangster\u2019s success to a convincing sales spiel. \u201cHe and his partner Joey Noe were extremely brutal,\u201d Nate Hendley, author of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dutch-Schultz-Brazen-Beer-Baron\/dp\/B07ST5NB8W\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=dutch+schultz+the+brazen+beer+baron&amp;qid=1605196086&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1&amp;tag=nypost-20\">Dutch Schultz: The Brazen Beer Baron of New York<\/a>,\u201d told The Post. \u201cThey would go to speakeasies and threaten to beat the crap out of [proprietors] who didn\u2019t buy their beer. One saloon owner, Joe Rock, foolish enough to refuse, got hung by his thumbs. A rag dipped in a gonorrhea sore was placed over his eyes. It eventually blinded him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--If the slideshow is embedded in another post type add the inline wrapper --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After Prohibition ended in 1933, Schultz padded his overflowing coffers even more by strong-arming racketeers in Harlem, and forcing them to cut him in as a partner. But NY prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey (later to be governor and a failed presidential candidate) vowed to stop his wrongdoings. In the wake of fellow gangster Al Capone being found guilty of income tax evasion, Dewey said that Dutch would be imprisoned by similar means.<\/p>\n<p>According to a new documentary, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/secrets\/gangsters-gold-promo\/5446\/\">Secrets of the Dead: Gangster\u2019s Gold<\/a>,\u201d it is believed that Schultz \u2014 a miser who, said Hendley, \u201clooked like an unemployed clerk\u201d \u2014 prepared for his takedown by burying a princely sum of cash, bonds and diamonds in the Catskills. To this day, it\u2019s never been found.<\/p>\n<p>The show, which airs Nov. 18 on PBS, follows a pair of Canadian treasure hunters, Steve Zazulyk and Ryan Fazekas, who believe they are closing in on the gangster\u2019s cache. They maintain the loot was worth $7 million at the time it was hidden and about $150 million today. While Dutch\u2019s buried treasure is hardly a secret \u2014 the show depicts two other teams, composed of amateurs, seeking the same booty \u2014 Zazulyk insisted that he and his partner are better equipped than those weekend warriors. An arsenal of metal detectors and special radar augments their skills and experience<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have connections,\u201d Zazulyk told The Post. \u201cThe key person is Bruce Alterman,\u201d referring to a private investigator who lives in the area and claims to have had a family member who told him stories about Schultz. On the show, Alterman provided recollections of his grandfather that excited the treasure hunters whose quest had already taken them through a deeply wooded area near Yonkers and a home in Bronxville, which may contain a hidden tunnel used by Schultz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBruce is privy to a lot of private information that you would not mention to very many people,\u201d he said. \u201cBruce threaded the story together with timelines, details on how far [Dutch and his gang] <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed and the roads they took.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alterman found a revealing article in a 1939 issue of Collier\u2019s magazine. In it, a former lawyer of Dutch Schultz recalled a 2-by-3-foot steel box filled with diamonds, gold coins and $1,000 bills.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qz2c-nC7RU0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qz2c-nC7RU0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is just a matter for someone to find it,\u201d Alterman said in the doc.<\/p>\n<p>Even the show\u2019s director, Elizabeth Trojian, is in on the hunt, invested emotionally \u2014 and financially.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy grandfather was muscle for Dutch Schultz,\u201d she told The Post. \u201cHe kept a journal, and there were references to gold coins.\u201d As for Trojian\u2019s material payoff, she sounds less certain: \u201cAt first, we were saying I would get 10 percent. Now it\u2019s more like, \u2018Let\u2019s see how big it is.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schultz evaded tax-related charges twice and was killed by fellow mobsters after he made noise about offing Dewey. Fearing that the murder of a highly placed public official would bring heat on Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le mobsters, a pair of hitmen from Murder, Incorporated, shot Schultz in the restroom of the Newark chop-house he owned.<\/p>\n<p>Schultz died a day later, on Oct. 24, 1935. But about two hours before he passed, the gangster left an important clue as to the whereabouts of his stash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLulu, drive me back to Phoenicia,\u201d he said, referring to his bodyguard\/chauffeur. \u201cDon\u2019t be a dope, Lulu, we better get those Liberty Bonds out of the box and cash \u2019em.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His ramblings were transcribed by a police-appointed stenographer and formed the spine of William S. Burroughs\u2019 book called \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Last-Words-Dutch-Schultz-Fiction\/dp\/1559702117?tag=nypost-20\">The Last Words of Dutch Schultz<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Considering that Zazulyk and Fazekas are more about commerce than art, it\u2019s easy to wonder why they are courting TV exposure. \u201c[The show] can work to our benefit,\u201d said Zazulyk. \u201cAll of a sudden, someone [who sees it] could come from out of the woodwork with information that we could never have imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plus, there was promised discretion: \u201cWe would allow only one camera with us and the guy [shooting] was sworn to secrecy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote left\"><p>We would allow only one camera with us and the guy was sworn to secrecy.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"attribution\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Steve Zazulyk<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nevertheless, a major clue is splashed all over the screen. It came via a photo touted by Alterman \u2014 and offered by the director\u2019s brother Tim Trojian. He owns property in the Catskills and concurred with Elizabeth that their grandfather provided \u201cmuscle for Dutch Schultz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trojian produced what looks like a fairly innocuous shot of a wooded area alongside Stoney Clove Creek, in Phoenicia, with a car parked nearby. Not one to underestimate a potential lead, Fazekas read into the image.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople [in the 1930s] didn\u2019t take scenery photos and waste their film,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd this is not scenic; it had to mean something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Intimating in the documentary that it is a shot of the burial spot, snapped for future reference, he added, \u201cMy contention is that they transported the heavy steel box and buried it alongside Stoney Clove Creek.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alterman said that the picture provides \u201ca link like no other. If we can match up the creek in that picture with a present day location, I will say let\u2019s break out the metal detectors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far the Canadians have only found two 1903 gold coins near the creek.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_road_to_Dutch_Schultzs_loot\"><\/span>The road to Dutch Schultz\u2019s loot<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"38ff67eada827304941c951e41cf13d3\">  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"wpcom-iframe-38ff67eada827304941c951e41cf13d3\" width=\"\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/38ff67eada827304941c951e41cf13d3\" scrolling=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"wpcom-protected-iframe\"><br \/>\n    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Still, they are adamant they\u2019re within a football field of the fortune. Author Hendley, however, sounded skeptical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI [am] not hugely optimistic,\u201d he said. \u201cFinding a treasure when no one knows where it is, that\u2019s haphazard at best. Gangsters did not keep memos or minutes from their meetings and they are not known for careful deliberation. Dutch might have thrown a bunch of money in a paper bag and told a guy to bury it. It could all be dissolved by now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two gold coins have encouraged Zazulyk and Fazekas. Mark Schimel, of Stack\u2019s Bowers Rare Coins in Manhattan, valued the pieces at around $950 each, and Fazekas viewed them as \u201cbread-crumb[s] leading us down a trail to the big hit.\u201d Though temporarily slowed by COVID-related travel restrictions, he and Zazulyk are ready to break out their scuba gear and start digging around the water\u2019s edge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe not only need to search this area, but we need to do it fast, before other people find out,\u201d Zazulyk declared in the doc. \u201cThe hunt is on!\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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