"He must have done something. They don't kill you for nothing." - Chicago Gangster Ted Newberry. Rubbed out January 7, 1933

Monday, October 21, 2013

Breaking Bad never works

Twenty-five year old Arthur Siegelman was a new comer to the underworld who, after a short stay, vanished and was never heard from again. Siegelman had no former training in crime, in fact he was a life guard who, at the end of beach season, decided to break into bootlegging as a way to support his widowed mother and six siblings. Needless to say the neophyte gangster did not last long where the gun and knife rule. What he did to seal his fate is unknown but he disappeared on this day in 1932 and his body was never found.

2 comments:

John DuMond said...

"...decided to break into bootlegging as a way to support his widowed mother and six siblings."

Ah, he did it for a noble cause. Which was probably his downfall. Apparently the road to nowhere is also paved with good intentions.

Patrick Downey said...

and nowhere is pretty much where he ended up.