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Waxey Gordon, eigentlich Irving Wexler, war ein amerikanischer Mobster, der heute der Kosher Nostra zugerechnet wird. Während der Prohibition in den Vereinigten Staaten von 1919 bis 1932 war er einer der größten Organisatoren des Alkohol-Schmuggels an der amerikanischen Ostküste.
Waxey Gordon (born Irving Wexler; January 19, 1888 – June 24, 1952) was an American gangster who specialized in bootlegging and illegal gambling. An associate of Arnold Rothstein during prohibition, he was caught up in a power struggle following Rothstein's death.
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Waxey Gordon (played by Nick Sandow) is a Philadelphia crime boss and bootlegger. He is based on the historical figure of the same name. Gordon has an eight year business relationship with Manny Horvitz. Horvitz is the boss of the Jew Town neighborhood in Philadelphia. Gordon has alienated Manny...
23. Dez. 2023 · 118. 4K views 3 months ago. From a lowly pickpocket in the days of the horse and carriage, to one of the Prohibition Era's biggest bootleggers and finally a drug kingpin in the jet age; New York...
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29. Nov. 2019 · Learn about Waxey Gordon, a Jewish-Polish immigrant who became a notorious bootlegger, gambler and narcotics dealer in New York and New Jersey. Read about his involvement in the Club Abby shootout, his racketeering arrests and his death in Alcatraz.
Dubbed ‘one of the Prohibition era’s most sinister underworld figures,’ Waxey Gordon spent decades as a thief, gangster, tax cheat, and bootlegger before dying in prison. by. Allan Levine....
by Allan May. Waxey Gordon led a life of crime during a very long life. Busted for pickpocketing at age 18, he became a major East Coast bootlegger during Prohibition and the head of a heroin ring following World War II when he was in his 60s.
