And so on his death bed, when asked by police, Who shot you and what for? it is interesting to hear what Schultz says, for it could have been in the forefront of his mind. But Schultz was increasingly attracting the attention of the authorities and was indicted on a tax charge in 1933. good old Dixie Davis contributed. Dutch Shultz made an impressive Catskills cipher map that has lasted the test of time. The meaning of the cross that you can find in the middle of the large circle, which represents a Christian cause or if you know how to follow the angle of direction from the corner crossing towards the back of the church as the dot indicates on the map then you should be on your way to finding the spot. Excellent work in hiding the clues. These connections included local private investigator Bruce Alterman and the grandfather of documentary director Elizabeth Trojan, who worked for Schultz as a heavy. Well, maybe declaration is too strong a word. One gruesome story described Schultz and his partner kidnapping a saloonkeeper who was reluctant to do business with them. The book begins with the shooting at the Palace Chop House and flashes back to scenes drawn from Schultz . Schultz is believed to have ordered the killing of Diamond's associate Arnold Rothstein in retaliation, and Diamond himself met a bitter end in 1931, reportedly at the hands of one of Schultz's thugs. If a rattling or jangling noise was heard, it wasnt surprising. As he lay dying from bullet wounds on a hospital bed, Schultz uttered strange thoughts that were incomprehensible to the police who were hoping to get information from him. JavaScript is disabled. The maps themselves will describe a large area first followed by a smaller general area before leading you into the immediate location. The story has inspired a movie (Dustin Hoffman played Schultz in 1991s Billy Bathgate), books, documentaries, a PBS special, and (of course) countless treasure hunters looking for gold in the Catskills. It is a nice area though. Other shocking statements he blurted out were, "a boy has never weptnor dashed a thousand kin" and "don't let Satan draw you too fast" (via Syracuse). They maintain the loot . Dutch Schultz began his criminal career with petty burglaries and theft, which led to an arrest at the age of 17. The Syndicate took measures to turn down the heat. Rumors of Schultz's missing treasure began circulating almost immediately after his death, because neither Schultz's common-law wife nor anyone in his family stepped forward to claim ownership of the vast fortune he must have amassed from his criminal activities. I want half the bonds the hem and half the money. But Dutch had other problems. Steve Palace is a writer, journalist and comedian from the UK. Whether the highly sought-after treasure even exists in the first place is a matter of great debate. Dutch Schultz had the only key. An honest man cannot say more than what he doesnt know. He told his friend Marty Krompier where the treasure was buried. I Believe it to be out there still . History: Thirty-three-year-old Dutch Schultz was an infamous crime boss in New York's underworld. NY 10036. "I can't make any sense of it at all but who knows?". Dutch swore Lulu to secrecy and then supposedly marked the site by carving an X into the trunk of a nearby tree. However, he also spent a lot of time in upstate New York, minding his breweries and visiting rural communities to distribute bribes and cultivate goodwill when he was on trial for tax evasion, according to Hendley. They met while in sing sing prison. Everyone has a dead end road which they will find as soon as they are satisfied, including my self. MU Podcasts. Like many a mobster hailing from the Roaring '20s, or any other time period for that matter, Dutch Schultz was not exactly known for his honesty. He was born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer on August 6, 1901, in the Bronx borough of New York City to German Jewish immigrants Herman and Emma Neu Flegenheimer. He was a great dad who worked hard all his life to support our family. But allegedly his talk of killing a public figure made some of his fellow gangsters nervous, and they ordered a hit on Schultz instead, hiring members of the mob hit squad "Murder, Inc." to carry out the job. this stories working on its third generation the strong box was first buried in a garden in Fairfield CT., then dug up and moved by a paranoid mobster, he knew and trusted a group of brewers in Phoenicia area from the bootlegging days, i have lookd at all the faks and i beleve the missing peace of the puzel to the trezer So shapiro never killed him. Therefore the treasure must be at Hedler; it cant be any where else. No walls. Rumors of the secret treasure filtered through New York. No proof that a gangster did anything but speak about a box on his death bed from rambling on something in his dieing condition. Hey enjoy skin diving in the reservoir!!!! The hunt for that treasures continues to this day. Dutch Schultz Catskill Treasure (treasurenet.com), Searching for gangster Dutch Schultz's gold (nypost.com), http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/tore-than-50-million-dollars-x-marks-spot.html, https://sixforfive.blogspot.com/2008/06/getta-outta-here.html, https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/the-fur-dressers-case, THE Random Chat Thread - AKA "The RCT" - No shirt or shoes required - Open 24 / 7. There was a fear he was going to retaliate and murder Thomas Dewey; the prosecutor who had went after Schultz for tax evasion. Before he was killed, he was said to have buried a treasure trove in the Catskill Mountains. #7. My grandfather was one of Dutch,s men. This spooked his crew, who finally shot Schultz at the Palace Chop House in Newark. Past Factory notes that his gangster name could have come from the company he became associated with, Schultz Trucking. Since Im not ending with I found the treasure!, I didnt. Check with a metal detector near the grave of an old woman at the back of the Hudler Cemetery close to the drive way; QED. If you identify what you think is the key I will let you know if your right. Father-daughter treasure hunters, Ross and Grace Getman, look at their board of clues outlining all of Dutch Schultz's history. Dutch Schultz, gangster in New York. A cross on a map always means a grave, or grave yard, or both. note to Unsolved make sure the series numbers are legible The Feds say none of the legal tenders been banked, each uncirculated Cleveland is now worth up to $13,500. The Deadly Hunt for Dutch Schultz's Treasure," told the Times Union that it's believed that Rosenkrantz made a treasure map but . Earlier that Spring, I think it was in a hole in the garden of a nice lady in Norwalk, CT. The Harrison Middle School is on top of the site now. Then he had the case on the top floor of the Bridgeport Hotel where the US Attorney in Northern District of New York was allowing him to stay. I read somewhere there was (100) stack in the strong box too. Intriguing! The symbolic clues on this map are located on the lower right section of the map. Many questions about its outcome are still asked, and because answers to these are not decisive enough, the possibility that this is an actual lost treasure, still to be found, exists. "You could take bits and pieces of it and say he might be giving out clues, but he was dying," Hendley said. Now I am too old however, I still enjoy reading about lost treasure.. you may be correct jay ,perhaps with a future trial in Albany hed need to be close to his cash. He replied, do you think we would be living like this if I knew where that money is. However, others think it was merely another scattered statement plucked from the incoherent speech he spewed in those final moments. Schultz's Millions. The Mysterious Truth Of The Dutch Schultz Treasure. If anyone is interested or still looking I know and have the location I found it after 12 years of research. Other Gang leaders knew Schultz had hid his money for the reason of protecting it from the government. Im going to spend a few more weeks on the ground this year pops, wish me luck the only folks Im telling are Unsolved I found out where Schultz & Lulu stopped for dinner that night digging on a full stomach really sucks Mysterious Writings: Featured Contributor Segment and Update, Forgotten History Hunts: Featured Contributor Segment, Privacy Policy, Disclaimer and Affiliate Disclosure. Dutch Schultz was a classic example of someone being at the right place at the right time. Still, Schultz blamed Dewey for his legal woes and started to plan to get rid of his nemesis. Its quite the interesting story and place. The simplest solution can be resolved if you knew him and the truth about the subject matter here is did he really bury it or not and make up a story to throw Dewey off. Gangster's Gold Preview. Recently, I had the chance to go exploring in . Legend had it Schultz had hidden valuables now worth more than $50 million (and possibly as much as $150 million), including gold coins, thousand-dollar bills, diamonds and uncashed World War I . A lottery scam was the next move to bolster his bulging finances. Maybe sometime you will have it written before it fades into the realm of forgotten. hmmm, their lying because if that her father why havent she answered back shes liying. Over the years, Schultz built a reputation as a top bootlegger, racketeer and the first mobster to extort New York's labor unions, said Sullivan County historian John Conway, who wrote the 2000 book "Dutch Schultz and his Lost Catskills' Treasure.". I give everyone sufficient time to point out the key before I post it and talk about it. It is said he used this case to stash and bury his earned riches in so the government couldnt get to it if he went to jail after his trial. He died soon after in the morning hours of the 24th, but possibly not before he offered some clues to where he might have secreted a now lost treasure. Of course. Also available on YouTube with Dennis Farina. Schultz was annoyed with Dewey and met with the Commission asking for permission to take him out for his irritating investigations. These arewhere we visited. Lulu himself is thought to have drawn a map for Martin Krompier, another tough nut who worked for Schultz on Broadway. Its been hunted ever since. He was murdered in 1938 in Harlem. "It's a mystery as to where his money went," Hendley said. 'Short-term memory illusions' can warp human recollections just seconds after events, study suggests, Taxidermy birds are being turned into drones. The Mafias Five Families and the Irish Mob were their opponents. 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Have you ever thought about the lake (Notch Lake) right beside the tompstone. The map was not in his possession when he was arrested, and has never been seen since. She also reports on general science, covering climate change, paleontology, biology, and space. Well the prize isnt north of town checked 2 miles of over grown trackage, river bank and the ruins of the baseball bat factory the mountains are full of ash trees also checked all the old broken river crossings last fall Schultz refused to comply with the syndicate, and was killed.